1884.133.185

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone scraper

Long description

Discoidal stone scraper of light bluish grey patinated flint. Orange staining. Covering retouch on dorsal surface. [JW [Excav. PR] 18/02/2013]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England East Riding of Yorkshire Wold Newton Fordon

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Neolithic

Date collected

1867 April 8

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched

Dimensions

Thick: max 10 mm, Width: max 32 mm, Length: max 33 mm, Weight 13 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.133.185 PR Cat other PR nos: 2204

Research and responses

Very little is known about the time in April 1867 when Pitt Rivers worked with Canon Greenwell on the Yorkshire Wolds according to Bowden [1991: 66] but PR probably assisted with the Willerby Wold and Ganton Wold excavations, he also studied a linear ditch system in the same area [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

I think this object is from Fordon not Pordon [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

There are some notes from these Yorkshire sites held with the Pitt Rivers papers (box P12) at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. Canon Greenwell also published his excavations in 1877. Full reference: Greenwell, W. and Rolleston, G. 1877. British Barrows: A Record of the Examination of Sepulchral Mounds in Various Parts of England. Oxford: Claredon Press [CB 8/12/2009]

Although Fordon falls just into the East Riding, it is very close to Willerby and Ganton, where Pitt-Rivers was undertaking fieldwork with Greenwell in April 1867. [Dan Hicks 06/09/2012]

Search terms: Tool, Flake, Scraper