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1921.91.407.3

?Horseshoe? scraper, sub oval in shape vith the proximal end missing and retouch on the distal, right and left dorsal edges. [MN 03/12/2008]

1921.91.407.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
?Horseshoe? scraper, sub oval in shape vith the proximal end missing and retouch on the distal, right and left dorsal edges. [MN 03/12/2008]
Long description
?Horseshoe? scraper, sub oval in shape vith the proximal end missing and retouch on the distal, right and left dorsal edges. The flint is a dark brownish black colour with no patina [MN 03/12/2008]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Oxfordshire Oxford Summertown Bank of River Cherwell
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
By 1920
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 10 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 19 mm distal to proximal ends
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.91.407.3
Research and responses

The Alexander James Montgomerie Bell collection of flint tools accessioned under 1921.91.407 .1 to 1921.91.407 .46 were collected from the Bank of the River Cherwell around the vicinity of Summertown, a suburb on the Northern edge of Oxford [grid ref SP 517 089, the exact find spot is unknown]. [MN 03/12/2008].

Various Early Bronze Age finds from Summertown were noted in Percy Manning's 1921 survey of Oxfordshire [page 251]. There are no references in the article to the flint tools that are in the Pitt Rivers collection. A copy is in RDF: Researchers File: Manning. Full article reference: Manning, P and Leeds, E. T. 1921. An archaeological survey of Oxfordshire. Archaeologia 71: 227-265. [MN 03/12/2008]

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see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum by Simon Thorpe, this is an unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996 [copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe]. [MN 03/12/2008]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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