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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-590BA2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint scraper of probable Mesolithic or Neolithic date (10,000 BC - 2200 BC). The opaque yellow grey coloured flint is a tertiary flake and is partially patinated. It is sub-triangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section. There is short, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch on most of the sides. The scraper is 17.8mm long, 20.4mm wide and 5.9mm thick. 2.01g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.8 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 5.9 mm
Weight: 2.01 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2016 - Tuesday 7th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2925
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: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Hooton Levitt (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5290
Four figure Latitude: 53.40426685
Four figure longitude: -1.2193128
1:25K map: SK5290
1:10K map: SK59SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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