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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NARC-8E8F95
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint Scraper of Mesolithic to Neolithic date (9000-1500 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan, tapers in toward the distal end, and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface is convex and has two predominant negative scars. The proximal and distal edges have been abruptly blunted. All edges with the exception of the blunted edges have fine semi-abrupt retouch. The ventral surface is predominantly flat with a single negative scar situated at the proximal end. The lithic retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flake.
The flint is light cream in colour with light grey inclusions throughout.
Length: 48.08mm, Width: 21.12mm, Thickness: 8.75mm, Weight: 7.0g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.08 mm
Width: 21.12 mm
Thickness: 8.75 mm
Weight: 7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Kettering (District)
Parish or ward: Dingley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7686
Four figure Latitude: 52.46666051
Four figure longitude: -0.88271676
1:25K map: SP7686
1:10K map: SP78NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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