1884.122.420

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone flake

Long description

Flint flake with brown and orange-brown patina covering all surfaces. [CG [Excav. PR] 23/07/2013]

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 Acton Village "11 feet"

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 Sept

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Thick: max 14 mm, Width: max 53 mm, Length: max 89 mm, Weight 65 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.122.420 PR Cat other PR nos: 897 PR Cat other PR nos: 1508

Research and responses

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, August and September 1869 as well. There are also objects dated 1870 and 1871. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Associated publications

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]

Search terms: Tool, Flake