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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LANCUM-4F41F1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint thumb nail type scraper of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (2700 - 1601BC). Sub-circular with one square end in plan and tapering in section. The flint is of a mid- grey colour. Formed from a tertiary flake with invasive retouch on all faces, particularly abrupt at one end. There is a remnant bulb of percussion which has been reduced and evidence of some conchoidal ripple marks. The length is 37mm, the width is 34mm thickness and the weight 8.32g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1601 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 34 mm
Weight: 8.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd March 2015 - Monday 2nd March 2015
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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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Skidby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0133
Four figure Latitude: 53.78353603
Four figure longitude: -0.46859326
1:25K map: TA0133
1:10K map: TA03SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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