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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: DOR-DEBFCA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A large, crude scraper made on a sub-oval, opaque, tertiary flake of light brown flint. The scraper is now covered in a layer of off-white re-cortification with a low-gloss patina and areas of reddish brown ferrous stains, mainly on the flake ridges. The dorsal face shows broad flake removal scars in the central area and long, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch around the distal end with more stepped retouch along the right side margin. The left margin of the dorsal face shows removal of a large broad flake along the entire length, possibly later plough damage as the colour of the natural flint is more evident indicating later removal. The ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion and strong ripples.
Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age 3300 to 1600 BC.
Dimensions: 80.1mm x 43.5mm x 20.2mm.
Weight: 86g.
Class: Rounded Scraper
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 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 80.1 mm
Width: 43.5 mm
Thickness: 20.2 mm
Weight: 86 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS - 016498 Box 3-4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Milton Abbas (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8101
Four figure Latitude: 50.80823778
Four figure longitude: -2.27102228
1:25K map: ST8101
1:10K map: ST80SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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