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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-6077D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date, circa 2700 - 1600 BC. The implement is a notched scraper formed from a secondary flake which is L-shaped with a triangular section. The ventral surface is mostly smooth though detail is obscured by a sticker added by the finder. The dorsal surface is irregular with numerous small flake removals at opposing angles. The right mesial edge displays short, abrupt, scaled retouch in the formation of the notch.
The flint is a dark brown to black colour with small irregular patches of remaining cortex on the surface. The implement is 29.9mm long, 25mm wide, 7mm thick and weighs 3.8g.
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 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.9 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bempton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1872
Four figure Latitude: 54.13031344
Four figure longitude: -0.19564586
1:25K map: TA1872
1:10K map: TA17SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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