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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: WAW-AB2781

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Neolithic to early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 1000BC) scraper: The scraper appears to be knapped from a secondary or tertiary flake. It is a sub-oval with a truncated, but complete, proximal end. The dorsal surface has multiple negative scars, which occasionally truncate each other. The distal end, on the dorsal surface has very short sub-parallel semi-abrupt re-touch. The re-touch may continue in a more haphazard fashion on the lateral edges, but this may be due to abrasion. The ventral surface has a prominent bulb of percussion, and conchoidal ripples. The scraper is knapped from flint which has a mottled and spotted mid and light grey patination. The scraper, measures 38.47mm long, 36.29mm wide and 9.65mm thick. It weighs 11.33g.

The scraper is probably an end scraper and dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods, c. 4000 to 1000BC.

Class: End

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 38.47 mm
Width: 36.29 mm
Thickness: 9.65 mm
Weight: 11.33 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 31st October 2014 - Thursday 29th January 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Ripple (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO8738
Four figure Latitude: 52.04024466
Four figure longitude: -2.19094132
1:25K map: SO8738
1:10K map: SO83NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: WAW
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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