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Unique ID: YORYM-2083D9
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. The implement is a scraper, designed to be held between the thumb and forefinger, formed from a tertiary flake which is D-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section. The ventral surface is smooth and displays a wide striking platform and prominent bulb of percussion. The dorsal surface has no cortex and is worked with long, sub-parallel, abrupt angled retouch to create the scraping edge.
The flint is pale grey colour, with prominent white patches on the left side of both dorsal and ventral surfaces. Length: 24.7mm, width: 29.2mm, thickness: 10.7mm, weight: 10.1g.
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 action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2300 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.7 mm
Width: 29.2 mm
Thickness: 10.7 mm
Weight: 10.1 g
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Other reference: YMT : E06217
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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