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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: GLO-0148C1

Object type certainty: Certain
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Horseshoe scrapper, 35mm long 37mm wide 12mm thick. Multiple flaking scars on the dorsal, bulb of percussion on the ventral. Curved retouch on both sides and on the top edge, the retouch is abrupt, long , scaled, direct. The object has a grey patina with darker mottling. There is further retouch on the top edge that has removed the patina, this retouch is short parallel, and widely spaced. This artefact dates to the Neolithic and the retouch may date to the Bronze Age.

Class: Horseshoe

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Post 4500 BC
Date to: Ante 2200 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 12 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 570

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Stroud (District)
To be known as: Near Cirencester

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Recording Institution: GLO
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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