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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: WILT-ECD5B3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age scraper, dating to the period 2500 BC-1500 BC. It is a tertiary flake, with no sign of a cortex, and broadly oval in shape. It measures 52.46mm in length, 36.82mm wide and 13.61mm thick.The striking platform and bulb of percussion are visible. There is short, stepped retouching on the scraper and at the edges on the dorsal face. The ventral face is extremely flat and smooth. Both faces are light grey in colour. In total, the scraper weighs 29.18g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.46 mm
Width: 36.82 mm
Thickness: 13.61 mm
Weight: 29.18 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2017-33
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: North Newnton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1158
Four figure Latitude: 51.32100081
Four figure longitude: -1.84353543
1:25K map: SU1158
1:10K map: SU15NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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