LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BERK-DF8985

Object type certainty: Certain

A flint scraper dating to the late Neolithic / Bronze Age. The scraper is made on a secondary flake of a cream / blue flint. There is extensive retouching along the distal edge of the dorsal side only. The ventral side is smooth and flat. c. 2100-1800 BC.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 2100 BC
Date to: Circa 1800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 35 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 9.9 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

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

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Oxfordshire
District: Vale Of White Horse
Parish: Fyfield And Tubney

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SU4299
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011 - Wednesday 30th November 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Anni Byard - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Anni Byard - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Dr Alison Roberts - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: 2011.520

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    Created: Wednesday 11th January 2012
    Updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012

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