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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: FAKL-C713C6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Flint scraper, light grey, opaque flint, cortex on one side, partial recortication, bulb of percussion removed by truncation. Double scraper: concave/hollow on end of flake (retouch; short, scaled, abrupt). On one side is slightly curved scraper (retouch; short, scaled, semi-abrupt). Length 45mm, Width 37mm, Thickness 11mm, Mass 24.75g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 24.75 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1978

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 143

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Iford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ3906
Four figure Latitude: 50.83684529
Four figure longitude: -0.02734783
1:25K map: TQ3906
1:10K map: TQ30NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Discovery circumstances: Field walking

References cited

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Recording Institution: FAKL
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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