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1909.66.222

Stone tool, flake, mid brownish grey patina. [MJD 07/06/2013]

1909.66.222

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool, flake, mid brownish grey patina. [MJD 07/06/2013]
Long description
Stone tool, flake, mid brownish orange patina. The left and right edges are retouched. [MJD 07/06/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
By 1909
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1909
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Width: max 40 mm, Thick: max 18 mm, Length: max 65 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1909.66.222
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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