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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-BB7EE5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze age flint scraper.
The object is triangle shaped, made from a light grey flint. The scraper has a flat cross section. The scraper is slightly translucent on the edges. The ventral surface is covered in cortex with ripples travelling towards the cortex. The dorsal surface is smooth and flat. Retouch is short, scaled and semi-abrupt.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.55 mm
Width: 35.67 mm
Thickness: 5.13 mm
Weight: 6.09 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: CAISTOR AREA
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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