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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-F25950
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint scraper. A thick oval flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side by hard hammer working, and with a bulb on the ventral side trimmed by further angled scalar retouch using a hard hammer. The curving edge is battered, presumably from use. A dense creamy patina indicates the object has endured long exposure to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 36.4mm, Width: 42.1mm, Thickness: 14.5mm, Weight: 23.19gms
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: 36.4 mm
Width: 42.1 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Weight: 23.19 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38433
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: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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