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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-598F09
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint scraper of probable Late Neolithic to Bronze Age date (3300 BC - 1000 BC). The flint is a tertiary flake and is partially patinated. It is sub-circular in plan and pointed oval in cross-section. There is damage to the left side. There is short, scaled, abrupt retouch on the curved distal end and sides, with areas of longer scaled, low-angle retouch too, on both faces. The scraper is 39.2mm long, 35.8mm wide and 8.9mm thick. 14.89g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.2 mm
Width: 35.8 mm
Thickness: 8.9 mm
Weight: 14.89 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: Incomplete
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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