BERK-DF8985: Bronze Age lithic implement: Scraper

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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: BERK-DF8985

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A flint scraper dating to the late Neolithic / Bronze Age. The scraper is made on a secondary flake of a cream / blue flint. There is extensive retouching along the distal edge of the dorsal side only. The ventral side is smooth and flat. c. 2100-1800 BC.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2100 BC
Date to: Circa 1800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 9.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011 - Wednesday 30th November 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 2011.520

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: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Fyfield and Tubney (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU4299
Four figure Latitude: 51.688192
Four figure longitude: -1.393832
1:25K map: SU4299
1:10K map: SU49NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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