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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-20C372
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
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 ovate in plan and sub-ovate to plano-convex in section. The ventral surface is smooth and displays a narrow striking platform and prominent, central bulb of percussion. The dorsal surface has no cortex and is worked with long, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt angled retouch to create the scraping edge.
The flint is pale grey colour, mottled with pale white/grey throughout. Iron oxide staining is present on the right side of the cutting edge. Length: 33.5mm, width: 27.4mm, thickness: 7.4mm, weight: 8.4g.
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: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.5 mm
Width: 27.4 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 8.4 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E06217
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Cottam
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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