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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-4956E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint, appearing brown under transmitted light, scraper. A tiny chip with broad parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulb at one end of the ventral surface. Initially identified as a fragment of debitage, the magnified view obtained by photographic manipulation for presentation here reveals very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect following the curved end. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC
Length: 14.8mm, Width: 14.7mm, Thickness: 3.6mm, Weight: 1.07gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.8 mm
Width: 14.7 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 1.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41092
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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