Tools & tillage: a journal on the history of the implements of cultivation and other agricultural processes (7.1992/1995)

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had presumably been treated with varnish
and oil, which was extracted prior to dating.
Sample A 31066 NMI; Hg 22809. NM VIII A
6153. Submitted by G. Lerche and J.Troels-
Smith. Now in Prehist.-Hist.Dept, in the Na-
tional Museum in Copenhagen (b 13C -
-24.5%o) (Lerche 1977, fig. 4, 115; Lerche &
Steensberg 1980, 86). Fig. 35.


Fig. 35. A paddle spade from 0strup (after Lerche
1977, fig. 4). Scale 1:10. □ Ein paddelformiger Spa-
ten von 0strup.

Fig. 36. A paddle spade from Aalestrup (drawn by
JJ0. Scale 1:10). □ Ein paddelformiger Spaten von
Aalestrup. Mahstab 1:10, gez. von JJ0.

Aalestrup; paddleshape. K-3268: 2720±75 BP;
cal.years 840 BC; 920-810 BC cal. ± 1 st.d.
Wood of oak from a double paddle spade
found during peat digging 1947 in
Matr.No. la in Aalestrup, Hvam Parish,
Rinds District, Viborg County, North Jut-
land, Denmark. The presumed preservatives
varnish and oil were removed prior to dating.
The item is 91 cm long and 8.5 cm broad. Its
one blade is 59 cm the other 32 cm. Sample C
25478, NMI; Hg 22808. NM VIII A 6117.
Submitted by G. Lerche and J. Troels-Smith.
Cf. K-3267, K-1252. It is in the Prehist.-
Hist.Dept, of the National Museum (Lerche
& Steensberg 1980, 86; Lerche 1977, 111-124).
Fig. 36.