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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-0B7F8C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
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 D-shaped in section. The ventral surface is fairly smooth. The dorsal surface is irregular with covering cortex. Abrupt, short and parallel retouch along the distal edge forms the scraping surface.
The flint is a burnt orange colour. The implement is 58.1mm long, 45.1mm wide, 19.2mm thick and weighs 57.4g.
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: Early
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: 58.1 mm
Width: 45.1 mm
Thickness: 19.2 mm
Weight: 57.4 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04716
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: Flamborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA2369
Four figure Latitude: 54.10219483
Four figure longitude: -0.12039123
1:25K map: TA2369
1:10K map: TA26NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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