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1884.122.157

Stone axe

1884.122.157

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone axe
Long description
Stone axe of dark reddish brown flint. Greyish brown patina forming on ventral surface. Retouch on right and left edges. [CG [Excav. PR] 19/09/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 19 mm, Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 67 mm, Weight 47 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.122.157 Other numbers: 912 PR Cat other PR nos: 1503
Research and responses

According to Elizabeth Twohig, 1987 'Pitt-Rivers in Munster, 1862-65/6' Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 92(251), 1987 34-46 page 40. Pitt-Rivers gave a talk to the Cuvierian Society in Cork in 1864 where he also showed some flints from Reigate, of which this could be one [AP 03/01/2013]

Search terms: Tool, Flake, Hand-axe

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