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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-B20C33
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cortex, appearing brown under transmitted light;scraper. A thick flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side by hard hammer, and with a concave ventral surface with a prominent bulb at one end. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows one straight edge, trims cortex from the end, and also part of the opposite edge, possibly to enable pressure to be brought to bear on the longer side. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 42.7mm, Width: 25.8mm, Thickness (at bulb): 9.1mm, Weight: 10.42gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.7 mm
Width: 25.8 mm
Thickness: 9.1 mm
Weight: 10.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38407
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Faldingworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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