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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-F0909B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Dark grey flint with cortex, possibly collected from the East Coast, scraper. A small core with parallel flakes removed by unidirectional working; very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows part of a curved end and marks the conversion of the core to a small tool. Patches of misty patina which had developed over the struck surfaces of the core are interrupted by the limited retouch, suggesting a flint which had endured a period of exposure was reused. Both episodes could be accommodated within the earlier Neolithic. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 30.0mm, Width: 21.9mm, Thickness: 13.7mm, Weight: 12.24gms
Evidence of reuse: Interruption of patina by retouch
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Period of reuse: NEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 21.9 mm
Thickness: 13.7 mm
Weight: 12.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30562
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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