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Unique ID: YORYM-CA5358
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. The implement is a scraper, designed to be held between the thumb and forefinger, formed from a secondary flake which is sub-ovate in plan and D-shaped in section. The ventral surface is smooth and displays a striking platform and prominent bulb of percussion. The dorsal surface retains 90% cortex with extensive long, sub-parallel, invasive retouch to create the scraping edge.
The flint is dark brown/grey colour. The implement is 17.4mm long, 17.6mm wide, 6.4mm thick and weighs 2.2g.
Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are generally less chronologically distinctive than other artefact types. They had many different functions as they were very useful tools and were employed, for example, for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposit from hinds and much more.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2300 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.4 mm
Width: 17.6 mm
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
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Other reference: YMT : E05937
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SE9689
Four figure Latitude: 54.28762178
Four figure longitude: -0.52676846
1:25K map: SE9689
1:10K map: SE98NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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