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1884.133.177

Stone scraper


1884.133.177

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone scraper
Long description
Discoidal stone scraper of white patinated flint. Retouch on curved edge. [JW [Excav. PR] 19/02/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 10 mm, Width: max 31 mm, Length: max 31 mm, Weight 11 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.133.177 PR Cat other PR nos: 1368 PR Cat other PR nos: 2204
Research and responses

Canon Greenwell excavated fifteen Barrows in and around the civil parish of Ganton and nine in and around the civil parish of Sherburn. Greenwell published the results of his barrow excavations in an 1877 book co-written with George Rolleston [this book can be accessed online at http://www.archive.org/details/britishbarrowsre00greeuoft]. The Sherburn barrows are described on pages 145 - 155, those in Ganton on pages 155 - 179. Unfortunately it is not currently known from which barrow this object was recovered. Full reference: Greenwell, W and Rolleston, G. 1877. British barrows: A record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England . Oxford: Clarendon Press. [MN 23/06/2009]

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