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Unique ID: YORYM-F31DD4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete knapped lithic implement of late Bronze Age date, circa 1000 - 800 BC. The implement is a scraper which is ovate in plan and section. The ventral surface is irregular. The dorsal surface displays irregular removals with semi-abrupt, long and parallel retouch along the distal edge.
The flint is a mid-grey colour. The implement is 52.4mm long, 44.2mm wide, 9.3mm thick and weighs 28.6g.
Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are generally less chronologically distinctive than other artefact types. They had many different functions as they were very useful tools and were employed, for example, for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposit from hinds and much more.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.4 mm
Width: 44.2 mm
Thickness: 9.3 mm
Weight: 28.6 g
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Other reference: YMT : E05333
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: TA1872
Four figure Latitude: 54.13031344
Four figure longitude: -0.19564586
1:25K map: TA1872
1:10K map: TA17SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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