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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-5D4C8A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint scraper, as kindly identified by the finder. A thick flake with broad and narrow parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulb at one end of a slightly concave ventral surface. Angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curved end. Given the age of the object, a lack of surface patina may point to its inclusion in a sealed context until recently. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 70000-4000 BC.
Length: 41.5mm, Width: 29.0mm, Thickness: 8.7mm, Weight: 14.18gms
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: 41.5 mm
Width: 29 mm
Thickness: 8.7 mm
Weight: 14.18 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41113
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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