BERK-CFEB94: A Neolithic - early Bronze Age flint lithic implement: notched scraper. 4. CFEB94

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BERK-CFEB94

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Neolithic-early Bronze Age flint lithic implement: A notched scraper made from a blade-like secondary flake. The scraper is made from pale brown flint and has approximately 40 percent cortex remaining on its dorsal surface. There is steep retouch on the striking platform which has been worked from the dorsal surface. The tip has been snapped and is now missing Dimensions: length 42.38mm; width 29.34mm; thickness 7.40mm; weight 10.20g

Notes:

This object is part of a much larger assemblage that includes Palaeolithic - Bronze Age lithic implements and flakes.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 3500 BC
Date to: 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42.38 mm
Width: 29.34 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 10.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1954

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Reading (Unitary Authority)
District: Reading (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Reading

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Gardening
Current location: Returned to finder.
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Garden

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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