File:Bronze Age , Scraper (FindID 750011).jpg

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Bronze Age : Scraper
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York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2015-11-11 16:00:45
Title
Bronze Age : Scraper
Description
English: A complete knapped lithic implement of late Bronze Age date, circa 1000 - 800BC. The implement is a crude scraper formed from a hard hammered secondary flake which is sub-ovate with a D-shaped section. The ventral surface is smooth while the dorsal surface is irregular with multiple long flakes having been removed. Two patch of cortex remain on the dorsal surface. Extensive abrupt short, sub-parallel retouch is present along the distal edge to form the rough scraping edge.

The flint is a mid-grey colour with patches of a lighter chalky inclusion. The implement is 48.9mm long, 32.6mm wide, 8.5mm thick and weighs 16.4g.

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.

Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 750011
Old ref: YORYM-C955FB
Filename: MP0107.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/540264
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/540264/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/750011
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Object location54° 11′ 37.68″ N, 0° 23′ 20.13″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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