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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: BERK-420C16

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Neolithic to Bronze Age flint scraper broadly horseshoe shaped in plan. There are patches of cortex at the the distal and proximal ends and the bulb has been removed. There is crudely applied retouch at the distal end forming the scraping edge. No photograph

Notes:

Oxfordshire & West Berkshire PAS Record Sheet No: P620

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3000 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.07 mm
Width: 29.55 mm
Thickness: 7.99 mm
Weight: 8.14 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 16th September 2017

Rally details.

This object was found at Detectival 2017

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Leafield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3115
Four figure Latitude: 51.83275768
Four figure longitude: -1.55152865
1:25K map: SP3115
1:10K map: SP31NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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