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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-1C2C32
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Toffee-coloured flint with cortex, scraper. A flake with a large flake removed by hard hammer strike from its dorsal side and with a bulb at one side of a wavy ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curved edge; cortex remains untrimmed at the butt opposite the working edge, and would have enabled pressure to be exerted on it. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 23.6mm, Width: 24.9mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 3.65gms
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: 23.6 mm
Width: 24.9 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 3.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 31st October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37848
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: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Faldingworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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