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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: WAW-9C3A72
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic to early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 1000BC) scraper: The scraper appears to be knapped from a secondary flake which has a large patch of cortex on the dorsal surface. The dorsal surface has multiple re-touch scars which are invasive and abrupt occurring on the distal end and one lateral edge. The ventral surface has a no obvious bulb of percussion, but has thick conchoidal ripples. The scraper is knapped from flint which is a dark brown. The scraper, measures 31.39mm long, 19.85mm wide and 13.58mm thick. It weighs 7.25g.
The scraper is probably a thumbnail scraper dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods, c. 4000 to 1000BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.39 mm
Width: 19.85 mm
Thickness: 13.58 mm
Weight: 7.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st December 2016 - Saturday 31st December 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Bromsgrove (District)
Parish or ward: Romsley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9779
Four figure Latitude: 52.40899523
Four figure longitude: -2.04552724
1:25K map: SO9779
1:10K map: SO97NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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