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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NARC-299E19
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint Scraper of Mesolithic date (9,000-3,450 BC). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface contains three predominant negative scars. The proximal and distal ends have been blunted. The right hand edge retains cortex at the proximal end. The remainder of the right and entire left hand edges have semi-abrupt retouch. The distal left hand edge tapers in. The ventral surface is predominantly flat with a small bulb of percussion with a negative scar over the blub situated at the distal end. The lithic retains a minor amount of cortex and is therefore a secondary flake.
The flint is light brown in colour with blue/cream recortification. The cortex is mid-brown in colour.
Length: 24.01mm, Width: 16.60mm, Thickness: 4.12mm, Weight: 1.8g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 3450 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.1 mm
Width: 16.6 mm
Thickness: 4.12 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Overstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7965
Four figure Latitude: 52.27748139
Four figure longitude: -0.8435067
1:25K map: SP7965
1:10K map: SP76NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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