BERK-D49513: A Neolithic - early Bronze Age flint scraper. 8b. D49513

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BERK-D49513

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete flint scraper. Retouch curves around the tip and one side. The remaining edge is missing through crushing and damage. Pale grey flint, no cortex. Dimensions: length 37.88mm; width 38.23mm; thickness 10.44mm; weight 20.34g

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: 37.88 mm
Width: 38.23 mm
Thickness: 10.44 mm
Weight: 20.34 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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