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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-6ACE1C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint end scraper of probable Neolithic date, 4000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on a flake of patinated to yellow flint. It is a rounded rectangle in plan. There is abrupt and scaled retouch covering the distal end, and some fine, short, semi-abrupt, sub-parallel retouch on the proximal end and middle of the left side. There is some cortex on the proximal end. The flake is 55.2mm long, 28.2mm wide and 7.2mm thick. 12.1g.
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 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.2 mm
Width: 28.2 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 12.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 1995 - Thursday 31st August 1995
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3371
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: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Heptonstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9431
Four figure Latitude: 53.77530004
Four figure longitude: -2.09252181
1:25K map: SD9431
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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