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Unique ID: PUBLIC-01EEA7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A rounded secondary chert scraper. Golden orange/brown in colour and semi-translucent. The chert is slightly concave in section with one mesal edge having short, parallel flaking with semi-abrupt retouch along the length of the edge. The other mesal side edge has cortex remaining along the whole edge extending slightly over the proximal edge. The ventral surface has a low bulb of percussion with conchoidal ripples extending outwards. Both the dorsal and ventral surfaces are smooth.
Length 35mm, width 23mm and thickness 6mm. Weight 7.4 gm.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa AD 2350
Date to: Circa AD 4000
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th November 2015
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SE9766
Four figure Latitude: 54.08079308
Four figure longitude: -0.5188166
1:25K map: SE9766
1:10K map: SE96NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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