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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SOM-AEB0F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A retouched flake in the form of a side and end scraper of probable Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 2350 BC). The piece is oval in shape and has been struck off a tertiary flake as no cortex remains. The bulb of percussion has been removed on the ventral face by retouch. The convex dorsal surface, has two negative flake scars from previous removals which were struck from the same direction as this flake. There is long semi-parallel semi-abrupt retouch down both sides and the proximal end on the dorsal face becoming more abrupt at the proximal end and shorter and more scalar towards the distal end. The flint at the distal end is buff and granualar and possibly a damaged original surface. The proximal end is light grey in colour, opaque and motled. The piece is 53.6mm in length with a width of 36.8mm, and a thickness of 11.5mm. It weighs 24.41g
While scrapers of this form can occur in Mesolithic - Bronza Age assembledges the general dating of associated material suggests a Neolithic date.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Wells and Mendip Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 4000 BC
Date to: Exactly 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53.6 mm
Width: 36.8 mm
Thickness: 11.5 mm
Weight: 24.41 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st May 1985 - Friday 31st May 1985
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 16400
Other reference: SCC receipt 16940
Museum accession number: 2015.2/5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
Parish or ward: Pilton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6042
Four figure Latitude: 51.17582805
Four figure longitude: -2.57357855
1:25K map: ST6042
1:10K map: ST64SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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