PUBLIC-AA5D2E: PUBLIC-AA5D2E Early Bronze age flint scraper

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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: PUBLIC-AA5D2E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Early Bronze age scraper. Formed of brown flint, broadly triangular in profile and rounded at the wider end and shallowly domed in section, with semi-abrupt scaled retouch at the rounded edge and some cortex remaining at the unworked end. Length 17.5mm, width 15.9mm, thickness 5.5mm, mass 1.65g.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2200 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.5 mm
Width: 15.9 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 1.65 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 31st December 2016 - Sunday 31st December 2017

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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: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Cadeby

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: With finder
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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