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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-203579
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Dark grey flint with cortex hollow scraper. A large thick flake with its edges trimmed by hard hammer and with a large curved notch in one side. This was formed or modified by further angled retouch and is heavily battered. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800.
Length: 49mm, Width: 48mm, Thickness: 14mm, Weight: 34.72gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 48 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 34.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th January 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31308
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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