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Spoons

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''A spoon with a shallow bowl and a handle.''<br>
''Note: Included in this type are archaeological finds of spoons where only the bowl and possibly part of the handle has survived''<br>
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{{Evidence
|Art
** Coppergate. wooden spoons [MORRIS 2000:p.2267 Cat.9985, 8896, 8899, 8898]. 1 bone spoon (bowl only) [MacGREGOR, MAINMAN and ROGERS 1999:Cat.7062].
* England, [[S-S#Flixborough|Flixborough]]. 1 bone spoon with 'knop' terminal mid C8th to early C9th [FOREMAN 2009:p.231].
* Denmark
** Hedeby, L-shaped wooden spoon [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:cat.56]
* Skane
** Lund, Birch wood spoon [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:cat.57]
* Norway
** Trondheim, [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:cat.58]
* Sweden
** Birka, Antler [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:cat.59]
|Discussion
Spoons would have been the primary eating utensil after the knife [Morris 2000:p.2267]