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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: DEV-CCF8F4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Flint scraper of probable Late Neolithic date, c. 3,300-2,400BC. Worked from a tertiary flake of grey-brown flint mottled with paler inclusions. The ventral face exhibits pronounced conchoidal ripple marks and a lon bulbar scar, but a diffuse bulb of percussion. The distal and left edges of the dorsal face exhibit long, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch.

Dimensions: Length 19.6mm; width 22.7mm; thickness 8.6mm; weight 3.92g.

Part of a small assemblage of flint found in the same area, containing an incomplete plano-convex knife (DEV-100D63) and oblique arrowhead (DEV-CD9A31) suggesting a late Neolithic date range. See also: DEV-CC5126, DEV-10962A, DEV-CDDFD5, DEV-CCADC3.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 2400 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19.6 mm
Width: 22.7 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 3.92 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC receipt: 019870

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Buckland-Tout-Saints (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SX7545
Four figure Latitude: 50.29167952
Four figure longitude: -3.75616466
1:25K map: SX7545
1:10K map: SX75SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: DEV
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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