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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-9D4E93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A flint end scraper of probable Mesolithic date, about 9000 BC - 4000 BC. It is formed on a dark grey unpatinated secondary flake with cortex on the dorsal face. It is sub-recatangular in plan with a rounded distal end, and D-shaped in cross-section. There is short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch on the distal end, extending on to the distal sides, even onto the cortext on the right side. The flint is 38.4mm long, 25.8mm wide and 9.5mm thick. 8.57g.
Class: end scraper
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.4 mm
Width: 25.8 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 8.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd November 2014 - Sunday 2nd November 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2449
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Heptonstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9431
Four figure Latitude: 53.77530004
Four figure longitude: -2.09252181
1:25K map: SD9431
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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