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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: CORN-98FE78
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint hollow or concave scraper, sub-rectangular in plan, rectangular in profile and triangular in section. Made on a short, thick secondary flake with a patch of cortex remaining at the proximal end and extending along one lateral surface. A small bulb of percussion remains at the proximal end of the ventral face and a small negative bulb on the opposite dorsal face. The distal end of the flake is broken, resulting in a right angle between the broken edge and both the ventral and dorsal faces. The right margin of the ventral face has been abruptly retouched by the removal of about 12 small pressure flakes to produce a concave scraper. There is no retouch elsewhere on the flake. The flint is mottled light to dark grey with some iron staining and derives form a local beach pebble.
Found in an unstratified context close to a group of Mesolithic artefacts. Hollow scrapers are not common in the Mesolithic period but the small size of the scraper and the close proximity of other Mesolithic flintwork suggests that this may well belong to the Mesolithic period.
Butler (2005) illustrates a Mesolithic hollow scraper on page 107, fig.43, no.14.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 9 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013 - Wednesday 31st July 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hayle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5837
Four figure Latitude: 50.18347634
Four figure longitude: -5.39124507
1:25K map: SW5837
1:10K map: SW57SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 107, fig.43 | no.14 |
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