Small iron sickle from the fortified village of Intxur (Albiztur-Tolosa, Gipuzkoa). It is made from a curved triangular blade. It has a slightly blunt tip and an open tubular haft with a rivet running across the base. It was found in house nº 1 of the site and dates back to the Second Iron Age (2500-2000 BP).
Bibliography:
Peñalver, Xabier ; Uribarri, Eloisa. Intxur : Burdin Aroko herrixka = Poblado de la Edad del Hierro. Tolosa: Lizardi KulturTaldea, 2002. 247. Tolosa Historia Bilduma, 1
Peñalver, Xabier ; San Jose, Sonia. Burdin Aroa Gipuzkoan = La Edad del Hierro en Gipuzkoa. Donostia :Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia, 2011. 263. Arkeologia, 0.3
Inventory number: M.251
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