BERK-FC5098: Bronze Age Scraper

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BERK-FC5098

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A Bronze Age flint scraper (3500-800BC) made from a rounded flint pebble. Cortex covers approximately 40 percent of the dorsal surface. There is now some modern damage to the edges. Mid grey patinated flint. Dimensions: length 29.16mm; width 19.98mm; thickness 9.33mm; weight 6.26g

Notes:

This is just part of a large scatter of finds across the field that includes Prehistoric lithics, Roman, Medieval - Post Medieval.

Subsequent actions

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

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2100 BC
Date to: 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.16 mm
Width: 19.98 mm
Thickness: 9.33 mm
Weight: 6.26 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1978 - Thursday 1st January 2004

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finder's collection number: 710

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Chipping Norton

Spatial coordinates


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

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: Returned to finder.
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

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

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