Stone for smoothing pots.

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone for smoothing pots.
Geographical reference: Switzerland
Europe > Western Europe > Switzerland; Bern Berne Nidau Mörigen [Lake Biel, Bielersee, Lac de Bienne]
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected: ?By 1875
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Stone
Dimensions: Length: max 40 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.36.5
Research and responses: Unprovenanced ?settlement find unfound [PW]
Please note that this object is not 'Unprovenanced' as stated above, but was recovered from the lake village of Mörigen, as is stated in the Accession Book and written on the object (please note the accession book misspells the name as Möringen). [MN 18/02/2010]
According to Francesco Menotti in his 2002 article 'The Pfahlbauproblem and the history of lake dwelling research in the Alps' (Oxford Journal Of Archaeology 20(4): 319–328, doi:10.1111/1468-0092.00139) the lake village at Mörigen was first reported by Albert Jahn in the mid 19th Century (p 320). Jahn published his investigations at the site in an 1865 article in the newspaper Der Bund (16: 342–3) titled 'Zur Geschichte der Entdeckung der keltischen Pfahlbauten'. It is unknown if this object was retrieved from a specific excavation at the site. [MN 18/02/2010]