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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: DEV-45CEA1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint scraper of probable Late Neolithic or Bronze Age date, c. 3000-800 BC. A Broadly piriform secondary flake of black/brown flint, triangular in cross section and with c. 10% of the dorsal face covered with cortex at the distal end. Two parallel removal scars survive on the dorsal face. A relatively pronounced bulb of percussion is present at the proximal end of the ventral face, the striking platform has been worked away by a series of crude, abruptly angled hinged removals. There is a central, longitudinally aligned hinged removal at the proximal end of the dorsal face, possibly thinning the flake. Both edges of the dorsal face exhibit, short, semi-abrupt and sub-parallel/scalar retouch, becoming abrupt at the proximal end of the right edge.
Dimensions: length 54.0mm; width 26.8mm; thickness 9.3mm; weight 13.04g.
It is impossible to date a single non-diagnostic flint flake with certainty. This flake exhibits general characteristics which would suggest a later Neolithic or Bronze Age date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54 mm
Width: 26.8 mm
Thickness: 9.3 mm
Weight: 13.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Tuesday 14th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019787
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: Teignbridge (District)
Parish or ward: Bishopsteignton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX9075
Four figure Latitude: 50.56436475
Four figure longitude: -3.55448232
1:25K map: SX9075
1:10K map: SX95NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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