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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: LEIC-4225CF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint scraper, The object has a sub circular form and cross section. It is dark brown with patch of cortex on one face. It has invasive, abrupt, parallel re-touch around the rounded edge and one lng side.
Length: 49 mm, width: 37 mm, thickness: 12 mm, weight: 26.25 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1601 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 26.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 30th October 2017 - Monday 30th October 2017
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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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: East Riding of Yorkshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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