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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-3BDAEB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint rounded scraper probably dating from the Neolithic period, about 4000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on a flake of translucent dark amber coloured flint with is oval in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The full extent of the right side and distal end are retouched with short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt removals from the dorsal face. The lower left edge has similar retouch but worked from the ventral face. The scraper is 50.6mm long, 37mm wide and 8.5mm thick. 13.35g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.6 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Weight: 13.35 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2015 - Sunday 17th January 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2797
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: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Pontefract South (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4822
Four figure Latitude: 53.69224859
Four figure longitude: -1.27457302
1:25K map: SE4822
1:10K map: SE42SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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