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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NMS-61FD64
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Large secondary hard hammer struck end scraper, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with rairly irregular steep retouch to the distal end forming the scraping edge, the flake blank is struck from a single platform core with the flake scars to the dorsal face all orientated in the same direction; from the platform to the distal end, on one side these have hinged several times. Due to its size an Early Neolithic date is likely. 4,000 to 3001 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 73 mm
Width: 46 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th November 2016 - Monday 12th December 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61854
Other reference: KLMD122016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Great Massingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8022
Four figure Latitude: 52.76559967
Four figure longitude: 0.66646207
1:25K map: TF8022
1:10K map: TF82SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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