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END SCRAPER
Unique ID: LEIC-E5A4DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Palaeolithic (Middle) to Neolithic (Later) end scraper, 28mm long, 38mm wide, 4mm thick and 6.7g in weight. Made on a short and wide flake that has been struck from a multi-directional core. The flint/chert is an opaque light brown colour through patination. The long distal end has been mostly modified by semi-abrupt retouch. Large bulb of percussion suggests hard hammer technique and the dorsal face possesses multi-directional flake scars.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 250000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 38 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 6.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7625
Four figure Latitude: 52.81719198
Four figure longitude: -0.87375008
1:25K map: SK7625
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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