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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-6D3C04
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of late Bronze Age date, circa 1000 - 800 BC. The implement is a crude scraper formed from natural flake which is ovate in shape and section. The ventral surface is irregular displaying none of the usual features of a struck flake. The dorsal surface displays irregular removals with three small areas of cortex remaining. Abrupt, short and stepped retouch is present along the distal edge forming the scraping surface.
The flint is a mid-grey colour. The implement is 51.7mm long, 38.4mm wide, 11.7mm thick and weighs 22.8g.
Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are generally less chronologically distinctive than other artefact types. They had many different functions as they were very useful tools and were employed, for example, for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposit from hinds and much more.
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: 51.7 mm
Width: 38.4 mm
Thickness: 11.7 mm
Weight: 22.8 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04808
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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bempton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA2072
Four figure Latitude: 54.12985098
Four figure longitude: -0.16505544
1:25K map: TA2072
1:10K map: TA27SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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