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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SUR-77C0DB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A rounded flint scraper made from a grey to light brown flint. The dorsal side has flake removal scars, the other side has a clear bulb of percussion suggesting removal with a hard hammer. The striking platform retains its cortex suggesting direct removal from a nodule with little in the way of preparation. There is semi-abrupt retouch along both sides and on the distal end. Mesolithic to Bronze Age.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 5000 BC
Date to: Circa 2000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.1 mm
Width: 30.5 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 8.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 5th April 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Reigate and Banstead (District)
Parish or ward: Reigate Central (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2448
Four figure Latitude: 51.21774308
Four figure longitude: -0.22590307
1:25K map: TQ2448
1:10K map: TQ24NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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