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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-F01D84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint scraper. A small thumbnail scraper with cortex remaining on its dorsal surface and with covering angled scalar retouch executed from the ventral aspect. The struck surfaces are covered by dense creamy patina, suggesting prolonged exposure to a calcareous environment, and with orange spotting which may suggest its subsequent incorporation in gravels. The form is usually ascribed to the Early Bronze Age but the condition of the flint might point to an earler date. Suggested date: Unknown, Late Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age,7000-1600 BC.
Length: 23.3mm, Width: 18.5mm, Thickness: 9.8mm, Weight: 3.78gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.3 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 3.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37647
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Low Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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