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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-CEF861
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cortex spot, scraper. Thick flake with broad flakes removed from its dorsal side leaving a slightly convex surface, and with a more markedly bulbar ventral surface. Hard hammer strike executed from the ventral aspect has reduced the width of the flake. Long to invasive scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the end and the adjacent sides. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 43.3mm, Width: 26.2mm, Thickness: 9.2mm, Weight: 11.28gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.3 mm
Width: 26.2 mm
Thickness: 9.2 mm
Weight: 11.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35761
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: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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