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Flint scraper and debitage
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Lucy Shipley, 2021-01-23 23:35:36
Title
Flint scraper and debitage
Description
English: A flint blade scraper and piece of debitage of Neolithic date, c. 4000- 2350 BC. 

Both objects are formed of the same dark grey, almost black glossy flint.

The scraper is rectangular in shape, and triangular in cross section, and has the appearance of a blade. There is a small patch of pale grey patinisation on the distal end, which is a secondary flake retaining a small patch fo creamy cortex at the proximal end. Steep parallell retouch is present on the right hand side of the blade. It is 46.1mm in length, 16.2mm width, 9.7mm thickness, weight 9.4g.

The debitage is large and irregularly shaped, but loosely triangular. It is also triangular in cross section. It is 42.1mm in length, 32.9mm in width, 14.2mm thickness, weight 17.16g.

Combined weight: 28.6g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Devon
Date between 4000 BC and 2350 BC
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 1020344
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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/1128942
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1128942/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1020344
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