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FAKL-3B4077: Bronze Age flint scraper

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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: FAKL-3B4077

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Flint side scraper with a small length of retouch (short, scaled, semi-abrupt) on one edge. Poor quality , opaque, mixed light brown/grey flint, with an area of cortex on the dorsal face. Prominent bulb of percussion, Probably Late Neolithic-Bronze Age. Length 52mm, Width 45mm, Thickness 11mm, Mass 25.38g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 52 mm
Width: 45 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 25.38 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1989

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: a IF 285

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

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

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