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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: FAKL-EE088F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Piece of coarse flint, two faces probably natural, the others bearing some rough flaking. The surface is recorticated but the flint appears to have been mixed grey and opaque. The section is keeled on one side and convex on the other. One end and along part of the edge is an area of retouch (short, scaled, abrupt). . Length 120mm, Width 40mm, Thickness 28mm, Mass 134.6g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 120 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight: 134.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1976
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: a IF 171
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
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.
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