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1909.66.187

Stone tool, flake, with dark yellow patina. [MJD 06/06/2013]

1909.66.187

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool, flake, with dark yellow patina. [MJD 06/06/2013]
Long description
Stone tool, flake, with dark yellow patina. The proximal portion is covered with cortex. The dorsal distal portion is covered with cortex. The left, right and distal edges are retouched. [MJD 06/06/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
By 1909
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1909
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 24 mm, Length: max 66 mm, Width: max 63 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1909.66.187
Research and responses

According to http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/17/Beds_1.htm the gravel pit at Biddenham was '... owned by S.W. Jarvis & Son, a firm of stone and monumental masons in Alexandra Road, Bedford.' [AP 28/07/2006]

F.H.S. Knowles carried out some analysis of his own collection from Biddenham and used the collection to furnish examples for his publication "Knowles, F.H.S. 1953. Stone-worker's progress: a study of stone implements in the Pitt Rivers Museum. Oxford:University Press" [CB 28/10/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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