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1977.24.9

Hook-shaped flint, sickle form.


1977.24.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hook-shaped flint, sickle form.
Long description
Eccentric.
Person
Field collector Marcus Chambers
PRM source Marcus Chambers
Date / Period
Date made: Circa 700-1000 Archaeological period: Maya Archaeological period: Late Classic
Date collected
1954
Acquisition information
Donated: 1977
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Length 90 mm, Width 45 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1977.24.9
Associated publications
Illustrated in colour as Figure 18.9 on page 396 of 'Central America', by Elizabeth Graham, Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson, in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization, edited by Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013), pp. 383-400. Caption (same page): 'Figure 18.9 Ceremonial flints often called 'eccentrics' from Barton Raimie Estate, Belize, collected by Estates Manager Marcus Chambers prior to Gordon Willey's excavations at the site in the 1950s (PRM Accession Numbers 1977.24.3-9).'. [MJD 04/07/2014]

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