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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-355354
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mottled grey flint with cortex scraper. Flake with two broad flake removal scars on its dorsal side and ripples on the ventral; short scalar retouch along one long edge, executed from the dorsal side. Suggested date: Bronze Age, 2350-800 BC.
Length: 27.4mm, Width: 20.4mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 3.36gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.4 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 3.36 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26993a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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