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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-EC9BE6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. The implement is a thumbnail scraper, designed to be held between the thumb and forefinger, formed from a tertiary flake which is D-shaped in plan and section. The ventral surface is smooth with a visible striking platform, bulb of percussion, and bulbar scar suggesting the hard hammer technique was used in its removal. The dorsal surface displays semi-abrupt, long, sub-parallel retouch around the distal edge and left side.
The flint is a mid-greyish-white colour. The implement is 34.5mm long, 33.7mm wide, 5.4mm thick and weighs 7.7g.
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: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.5 mm
Width: 33.7 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 7.7 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04809
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: TA1871
Four figure Latitude: 54.12133043
Four figure longitude: -0.19603616
1:25K map: TA1871
1:10K map: TA17SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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