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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: LEIC-735DF8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic (Early) to Neolithic (Late) side and end scraper, 54mm long, 50mm wide, 6mm thick and 21.8g in weight. Made on an opaque chert that has turned a mid caramel brown in patination. The proximal end has suffered post-depositional damage. The right lateral edge has been continuously retouced through the distal end at to the top most distal part of the left lateral edge. The retouch is sei-abrupt. The dorsal face is one large flake scar from a unidirectional removal. The butt is plain.
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 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54 mm
Width: 60 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 21.8 g
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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: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7625
Four figure Latitude: 52.81719198
Four figure longitude: -0.87375008
1:25K map: SK7625
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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