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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-2168A8
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Dark grey green flint with cortex possible scraper. A sub-triangular flake with broad flakes trimmed by hard hammer strike from its dorsal side, and with a hollowed ventral surface. A long narrow flake has been trimmed by further retouch executed from the ventral aspect. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect has trimmed a small amount of cortex from a curving edge. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC
Length: 50.1mm, Width: 35.2mm, Thickness: 12.8mm, Weight: 20.65gms
Notes:
The material resembles a sample of both worked and unworked flint collected by the late Hugh Winfield from intertidal parts of the North Sea coast in the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.1 mm
Width: 35.2 mm
Thickness: 12.8 mm
Weight: 20.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 9th April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42877
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: North Carlton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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