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1943.10.84B

Drawing of a stone tool from three sides plus section. [El.B 26/11/2008]

1943.10.84B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Drawing of a stone tool from three sides plus section. [El.B 26/11/2008]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Oxfordshire Oxford Wolvercote Wolvercote Brick Pit
Person
Maker C.O. Waterhouse
PRM source C.O. Waterhouse
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1943 Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
By 1943
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1943
Materials and processes
Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Drawn
Dimensions
Width: max 350 mm, Length: max 285 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1943.10.84B
Research and responses

Thirty-four handaxes from Wolvercote in the PRM's collections formed one of the datasets discussed in 'A Re-Examination of Variability in Handaxe Form in the British Palaeolithic', by Kate Emery (London: University College London, Ph.D. thesis, 2010). (Available online at http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/19299/1/19299.pdf .) [JC 5 5 2017]

Search terms: Picture and Graphic Art, Tool, Drawing, Hand-axe

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