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1884.118.214

Pinner's bone made from proximal metacarpal of deer. Shaft shaped with flat faces and incised grooves. Perforation through proximal end. [JW [Excav. PR] 03/06/2013]

1884.118.214

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pinner's bone made from proximal metacarpal of deer. Shaft shaped with flat faces and incised grooves. Perforation through proximal end. [JW [Excav. PR] 03/06/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Greater London City of London EC2 London Wall Gooch and Cousens wool warehouse
Date
Date collected
1866 Oct
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Deer Bone Animal
Dimensions
Depth: max 46 mm, Width: max 52 mm, Length: max 103 mm, Weight 104 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.118.214 PR Cat other PR nos: 3695
Research and responses

"Owen" refers Richard Owen (1804-1892), who examined a number of animal bones from London Wall for Pitt-Rivers. In his paper in Archaeological Journal, Pitt-Rivers wrote: "Having submitted the bones to Professor Owen, he has been so kind as to name them for me. They consist of the horse, the wild goat (Bouquetin), the wild boar, the red deer, and the Bos longifrons (earliest species of domesticated ox), and the skull of a dog, apparently of the shepherd-dog species. Higher up, at from 9 to 10ft., horns of the roebuck were found, which Professor Owen informs me differ slightly from the existing variety in being more fully developed, and altogether better specimens of horns than those of the roebuck now inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland" (Lane Fox 1867: 62). [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]

Associated publications
Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013] Lane Fox, A.H. 1867. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]

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