Garner, A., Prag, J. and Housley, R. A. (1994). The Alderly Edge shovel: an epic in three acts. Current Archaeol 12 (5). Vol 12(5).

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The Alderly Edge shovel: an epic in three acts
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Current Archaeol 12 (5)
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Current Archaeology
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12 (5)
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A description of the rediscovery in `Act I: The Finder's Story', by Alan Garner, (172-3); correct identification in `Act II : The Curator's Story' by John Prag (174-5), and radiocarbon dating `Act III: The Scientist's Story' by Rupert Housley (175) of a wooden shovel of Bronze Age date, thus dating the mining of copper at Alderly Edge, near Manchester, to the first half of the second millennium BC.
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Alan Garner
John Prag
Rupert A Housley
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Jonathan A K Kissock (Abstract author)
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1994
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Second Millennium Bc (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Copper (Auto Detected Subject)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
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20 Jan 2002