1900.77.61

Collection type

Object

Description

Quartzite flake. [LKG 13/01/2010]

Long description

Quartzite flake. Of grey-brown rock, highest at the proximal end before tapering down to a flatter point. The rock has one straight long edge and one rougher length. On the dorsal side there is one distinct ariss running from distal to proximal edge. [LKG 13/01/2010]

Geographical reference

South Africa

Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa

Western Cape Province Tzitzikama District Knysna Groot River

Person

Field collector Henry D.R. Kingston

PRM source Henry D.R. Kingston

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1900

Date collected

By 1900

Acquisition information

Purchased: 25/07/1900

Materials and processes

Material Quartzite Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Length 73 mm, Width 50 mm, Weight 45 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1900.77.61

Associated publications

Referred to on page 24 of 'Stone Age Sub-Saharan Africa', by Peter Mitchell, in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization, edited by Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013), pp. 16-34. Mitchell writes: ‘A little later in date than the objects discussed thus far, but worth noting because they derive from some of the earliest explorations of the very rich archaeological record of the southern Cape coast, are the 85 objects acquired from Henry D.R. Kingston (1900.77.1-83) ... None of these collections is unique in the wider British context (Mitchell 2002a; Roberts 2002 [Catalogue of the southern African Stone Age collections of the British Museum. London: British Museum (British Museum Occasional Papers 108, with contributions from A. Roberts, A. Cohen and K. Perkins)]’. [MJD 14/11/2014]

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