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LEIC-70AD98: Early to late Neolithic flint scraper on thermal flake

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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: LEIC-70AD98

Object type certainty: Certain
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Early to late Neolithic flint scraper on thermal flake. 45mm in length, 27mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 23grams. The implement is sub rectangular in form with a light grey opaque patina. The scraper consists of a tabular piece of flint that has been abruptly retouched around its entire perimeter.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 23 g

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Materials and construction

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

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Eaton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7627
Four figure Latitude: 52.83516736
Four figure longitude: -0.87328523
1:25K map: SK7627
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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