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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-56AE3C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Dark grey flint with cortex, scraper. A thick flake with some cortex trimmed by hard hammer strike and with a bulb on the ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows part of one long edge and the curved end. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 40.1mm, Width: 27.8mm, Thickness: 14.7mm, Weight: 18.40gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.1 mm
Width: 27.8 mm
Thickness: 14.7 mm
Weight: 18.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36983
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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