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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: IOW-DC15EB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Neolithic flint scraper (4000 BC-2351 BC).
This implement has been made on a tertiary flake and has a large striking platform. It is sub-oval in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The dorsal face has three major negative flake scars with ripples and sharp arrises. It has been retouched on the sides and distal end. The removals are semi-abrupt, long and parallel. The ventral face has a large bulb of percussion with a bulbar scar and faint ripples.
The implement is grey with a reddish tinge.
Length: 60.4mm; width: 44.3mm; thickness: 15.8mm. Weight: 38.71g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 4000 BC
Date to: Exactly 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.4 mm
Width: 44.3 mm
Thickness: 15.8 mm
Weight: 38.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015 - Sunday 1st November 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-2-474
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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