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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-96A80D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint, thumbnail scraper of Late Neolithic to Bronze Age date, about 2400 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on speckled light grey flint with some cortex surviving on the right dorsal face. The dorsal face has invasive, scaled, sub-parallel retouch forming a scraping edge on the distal end and sides. It is 23.4mm long, 23.5mm wide and 8.8mm thick. 5.4g.
Class: Thumbnail scraper
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2400 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.4 mm
Width: 23.5 mm
Thickness: 8.8 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2018 - Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3297
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: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Heptonstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9431
Four figure Latitude: 53.77530004
Four figure longitude: -2.09252181
1:25K map: SD9431
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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