1884.122.332

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone flake

Long description

Flint flake of with light yellowish grey patina covering all surfaces. One of the flake scars on the dorsal surface has been covered in pencil marks. [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

1871 Sept

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884 Exchanged: 1950

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Thick: max 16 mm, Width: max 51 mm, Length: max 94 mm, Weight 78 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.122.332 Other numbers: 6 PR Cat other PR nos: 882 PR Cat other PR nos: 1422

Research and responses

Note that the four figure number is not given in the accession book entry. Note that Bowden gives the dates for Pitt Rivers' obtaining objects from the Thames Gravel Terraces around Acton as January to June 1869 [Bowden, 1991: 73]. However, there are several objects from Acton dated July 1869 as well. There are also objects dated 1870 and 1871. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

A "worked flake" from Acton, High Terrace Gravels was among the 90 items sent to the Australian Museum in 1950 according to the list in accession book XIII, p.155. There are several entries that match this description and it is not possible to narrow this down further. Although the exchanged item was noted as having the collection number 877, only a pottery entry matches this. See [1950.2.3 - 93] for items received in exchange. [CF 23/6/2000]

Search terms: Tool, Flake