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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-C76218
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. The implement is a scraper formed from a tertiary flake which is D-shaped in plan and section. The ventral surface is smooth with a large bulb and faint radiating ripples of percussion. The dorsal surface is irregular displaying numerous flake removals. Long, parallel, abrupt retouch is present on the distal edge, extending a short way into both sides.
The flint is a light grey colour with patchy lighter inclusion and iron staining. The implement is 29.4mm long, 24.3mm wide, 9.1mm thick and weighs 7.9g.
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
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.4 mm
Width: 24.3 mm
Thickness: 9.1 mm
Weight: 7.9 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05073
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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Kirk Deighton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE3949
Four figure Latitude: 53.93565731
Four figure longitude: -1.40744721
1:25K map: SE3949
1:10K map: SE34NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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