WMID-24CB35: Neolithic horseshoe scraper

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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: WMID-24CB35

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete knapped flint horseshoe scraper, dating to the Late Neolithic period, between 2500 – 2150 BC (length: 41.5mm; width: 40mm; thickness: 10.5mm; weight: 24.2g).

The scraper is sub-circular in shape and has a dark brown/ black colour. On the flat ventral side of the artefact, the bulb of percussion (at the proximal end), eraillure scar and faint ripples or ‘lunettes’ are visible. On the flat dorsal side, there are no arrises and there is heavily retouch on the to the left, right and at the distal end. There is no retouch at the proximal end on the dorsal side. Overall, the artefact is in a slightly worn and good condition.

A similar example is illustrated in Bond, C, J, 2004, ‘Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics, Version 1’, pages 57 & 207, fig 5.25. Bond also states that the retouched edge on these artefacts ‘tends to be over an extensive area, with emphasis on the distal and/ or the left and right mesial edges. Flank blanks are large, retouch is commonly semi-abrupt, short, parallel and continuous.’

Class: horseshoe

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Post 2500 BC
Date to: Ante 2150 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 41.5 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 10.5 mm
Weight: 24.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985 - Sunday 1st January 2006

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Ancaster

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bond, C.	2005	PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics	London	The Portable Antiquities Scheme	pages 57 & 207	fig 5.25

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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