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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-909BCE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Bronze Age date, circa 1600 - 1800 BC. The implement is a scraper formed from a tertiary flake which is D-shaped in plan and section. The straight edge has been formed by a break. The ventral surface is fairly smooth with removal scars. The dorsal surface is irregular displaying multiple removals. Short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch is present on the right edge.
The flint is a dark grey colour. The implement is 41.7mm long, 33.2mm wide, 7.9mm thick and weighs 13.7g.
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 actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1600 BC
Date to: Circa 1800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.7 mm
Width: 33.2 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 13.7 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E06072
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 Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Parish or ward: Eastfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0384
Four figure Latitude: 54.24134167
Four figure longitude: -0.42099713
1:25K map: TA0384
1:10K map: TA08SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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