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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: SWYOR-59AB03

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A flint scraper of Mesolithic or Neolithic date, about 9000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on a large flake of light grey flint with large white inclusions. It is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-trapezoid in cross-section. Both ends have suffered damage and are incomplete. There is scaled, long, semi-abrupt retouch along the left side forming a scraping edge, and some shorter, sub-parallel, low angle retouch on the surviving parts of the distal end. The flake is 70.5mm long, 29.3mm wide and 9.8mm thick. 20.03g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa AD 9000
Date to: Circa AD 2200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 70.5 mm
Width: 29.3 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 20.03 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th November 2014 - Thursday 20th November 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2534

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Ripponden (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE0418
Four figure Latitude: 53.65847651
Four figure longitude: -1.94094904
1:25K map: SE0418
1:10K map: SE01NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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

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