1884.122.7

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone flake

Long description

Flint flake with mid brown and orange-brown patina covering all surfaces. Flaked all over. [CG [Excav. PR] 18/07/2013]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Greater London London Borough of Ealing W3 Acton

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Palaeolithic

Date collected

1869

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Thick: max 25 mm, Width: max 53 mm, Length: max 83 mm, Weight 115 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.122.7 PR Cat other PR nos: 905 PR Cat other PR nos: 1426

Research and responses

Pitt Rivers 'excavated' (that is, observed excavations for house foundations) in the Thames Gravel Terraces (at Acton) between January and June (March according to Chapman) 1869. Details of finds presented to the Geological Society and Whitechapel Foundation School [Bowden, 1991: 73] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Lane Fox (Pitt-Rivers), A. 1869. ‘On the discovery of flint implements of Palaeolithic type in the gravel of the Thames Valley at Acton and Ealing’ Report of the British Association of the Advancement of Science p130-2

Lane Fox (Pitt-Rivers), A. 1872. 'On the discovery of Palaeolithic implements in association with Elephas primihenius in the gravels of the Thames Valley at Acton' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 28:449-465 (copies in Related Documents File under 1884.122)[CB 29/10/2009]

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