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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-7A32A7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint scraper of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date, about 4000 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on partially patinated light grey flint. It is oval in plan and D-shaped in section, and has some cortex on the dorsal face at the distal end. It is retouched on both long edges and the distal end. The retouch is short, sub-parallel and abrupt to semi-abrupt, and is very worn on the sides. It is 73.6mm long, 37mm wide and 10.3mm thick. 27.96g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 73.6 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 10.3 mm
Weight: 27.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1990 - Friday 31st December 1999
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2560
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
Parish or ward: Studland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SZ0482
Four figure Latitude: 50.63767956
Four figure longitude: -1.94479785
1:25K map: SZ0482
1:10K map: SZ02SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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