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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F704AC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint scraper of probable Bronze Age date, circa 2700 - 1600 BC. The flint has no cortex remaining and is therefore a tertiary flake. The flake is sub-ovate in plan with a sub-rectangular section. The dorsal face has four flakes removed in a parallel pattern. The ventral face is smooth with a low bulb of percussion. There is short, sub-parallel, abrupt retouch to the right mesal to produce a thumb scaper. The flake is pale grey in colour with pale inclusions. Length 25.2mm, width 21.1mm and thickness 10.1mm. Weight 7.3gm.
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 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.2 mm
Width: 21.1 mm
Thickness: 10.1 mm
Weight: 7.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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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: Cottam (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9766
Four figure Latitude: 54.08079308
Four figure longitude: -0.5188166
1:25K map: SE9766
1:10K map: SE96NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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