SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: NMGW1118

Object type certainty: Certain

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Two denticulated late Mesolithic flint scrapers.

Notes:

Denticulated scrapers have been identified amongst later Mesolithic collections from Pembrokeshire but have not, so far, been recognised elsewhere in Britain as a distinctive tool type. Interpretive notes on the Porth-gain assemblage are held by the Department of Archaeology & Numismatics, National Museum & Gallery Cardiff.

Class: Denticulated scraper

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 10000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 2

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SM3281
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source:
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2000

Personal details

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Recorded by: Philip MacDonald - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Elizabeth Walker - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA:2000.128.1228-1229

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    Created: Tuesday 26th September 2000
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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