1917.53.76

Collection type

Object

Description

Semicircular scraper with retouch on the distal, left and right dorsal edges. The proximal end has been removed. [MN 31/10/2008]

Long description

Semicircular scraper with retouch on the distal, left and right dorsal edges. The proximal end has been removed and there is 10 % cortex adhering the the dorsal face. The flint is a greyish brown colour with some reddish orange iron staining. [MN 31/10/2008]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

England Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire Crowmarsh Mongewell

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Edward Burnett Tylor

PRM source Anna Rebecca Tylor

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain

Date collected

By 1917

Acquisition information

Donated: 1917

Materials and processes

Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched

Dimensions

Thick: max 20 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 41 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1917.53.76

Research and responses

http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/ecodev/VillageDetails.jsp?Name=Mongewell Mongewell [please note that this link was found to be dead, MN 27/10/2008]: This small village grew up at the site of a spring and its name means 'Munda's stream'. For centuries it was an estate village, centred on Mongewell Park, which since 1953 has been the home of Carmel College (now closed). In the college grounds a path leads to the ruined church beside the river where only the chancel and polygonal bell turret remain standing.

For general information on the Museum's collections of Oxfordshire archaeological material, including lists of sites, grid references etc., see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum, by Simon Thorpe (unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996; copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe). [MN 31/10/2008]

Search terms: Tool, Scraper, Flake