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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: DOR-8855FD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint scraper. A rounded scraper made using a tertiary flake of pale grey flint with darker grey and off-white mottles. The surface is mid-gloss. The striking platform is wide and the bulb of percussion diffuse with a large bulbar scar. There are fine, tightly spaced waves of percussion on the ventral face. The dorsal face has two long flaking scars. The distal end has been rounded by semi abrupt retouch which also extends part way along one side (amounting to approximately 50 % of the margins).
Date: Neolithic c. 3500 - 2100 BC
Dimensions: 41 mm x 31.5 mm x 9 mm
Weight: 13.5 g
Class: Rounded
Subsequent actions
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: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 31.5 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 13.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 7th March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017049
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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