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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SUSS-0EB826
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A knapped flint Neolithic or Bronze Age end scraper, dating to c. 4000-1500 BC. The scraper has been manufactured on a secondary flake of dark greyish flint with light brownish inclusions, which retains c. 30% cortex on its dorsal surface. The scraper retains its sub-lenticular platform and bulb of percussion on its ventral face, as well as a small bulbar scar indicative of hard-hammer percussion. The scraper has been retouched at its distal end through the presence of abrupt, directly applied short and scalar removals, which has created a convex blunted edge well suited for scraping activities.
Measurements (mm);
Maximum length down percussion axis: 37.02
Maximum width: 36.28
Thickness at midpoint: 13.44
Platform length: 24.81
Weight (g): 22.75
Notes:
Flint scrapers are difficult to date due to their longevity of use in prehistory, although most examples probably date to the Neolithic or Bronze Age.
NEED PIC THEN PROMOTE, SAS
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.02 mm
Width: 36.28 mm
Thickness: 13.44 mm
Weight: 22.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
Parish or ward: Yapton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU9702
Four figure Latitude: 50.8094421
Four figure longitude: -0.62464788
1:25K map: SU9702
1:10K map: SU90SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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