Accession No

1980.1011.3


Description

One scraper of white patinated flint.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Stapleford; Wandlebury


Period

?Neolithic ?Bronze Age


Source

Clark, John Grahame Douglas (Prof.) [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1980.1011.3


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements

47mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil reading: 'Wandlebury'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card has the following entries: 'J.G.D.Clark thought these were made at the same time by the same individual' and 'Grid ref 500 533 approx.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1980.1011[.1-6]: '4 scrapers, 1 burin spall and 1 fragment. White patinated flint'.
Event Date 1980
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
A note seen with the tools 1980.1011[.1-6] reads 'JGDC. thinks these were all made at one time by the same chap. (Jun 1980) GRID REF 500533 approx.' with a small hand drawn diagram of a map indicating where the stone tools were found labelled 'White patinated convex scrapers at point where the foot path from Wandlebury turns right where it meets the mid break. The scrapers appear where the soil is exposed away the [unclear] of the mid break'.
Event Date 10/1980
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1980.1011[.1-6]: '6 flint tools including 4 scrapers, 3 of which are very well made. These tools also include burin, or borer, and a thin flake that could be a blade that shows further working as the sharp edge has possibly been serrated. All the tools are covered in a white patina with two still having areas of cortex.'
Event Date 21/8/2014
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
One scraper of white patinated flint.
Event Date 20/1/2026
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:327934

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