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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NARC-1C137F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint Micro scraper of Mesolithic date (9000 - 3450 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface contains one predominant negative scar with corresponding arrises. There is recortification retained along the length of the left hand edge. The proximal and distal ends have been abruptly blunted and all other edges contain semi abrupt retouch. The distal end tapers in along the distal right hand edge. The ventral surface is predominantly flat with shallow ripples of percussion emanating from the distal end. The lithic retains some cortex and is therefore a secondary flake.
The flint is a light brown in colour with dark brown inclusions. The recortification is light grey in colour.
Length: 14.53mm, Width: 6.17mm, Thickness: 2.06mm, Weight: 0.1g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 3450 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.53 mm
Width: 6.17 mm
Thickness: 2.06 mm
Weight: 0.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Overstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7965
Four figure Latitude: 52.27748139
Four figure longitude: -0.8435067
1:25K map: SP7965
1:10K map: SP76NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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