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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SUSS-8F99D0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint, thumbnail scraper with burrin point, neolithic, 4500-2500BC. The scraper is discoidal in shape, it is a tertiary flake that has recortified. There is a pronouced bulb of percussion and significant retouch. The retouch is short, abrupt, and scaled. Next to the striking platform on the left of the dorsal face there is an area of retouch removals that has resulted in the formation of a burrin point.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.98 mm
Width: 32.05 mm
Thickness: 6.89 mm
Weight: 11.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Near Chichester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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