1884.123.57

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone flake

Long description

Stone flake of grey flint. Yellowish white and white patina covering the majority of all surfaces. Retouch on left and right edge. [MJD 02/01/2013]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

England Surrey Guildford White Lane Farm "surface"

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: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain

Date collected

1874 - 1877

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched

Dimensions

Length: max 58 mm, Length x Width: max 34 x 6 mm, Weight 12 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.123.57

Research and responses

See 1884.123.54 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers briefly reported his barrow excavations at Guildford in the 1877 Report of the British Association, but the excavations were not fully published until 1980, by PR Saunders. Full reference: Saunders, P.R. 1980. ‘Saxon barrows excavated by General Pitt Rivers on Merrow Down, Guildford.’ Surrey Archaeological Collections 72:69-75. A paper by E. Gardner in 1924. ‘Bronze Age urns of Surrey’ in Surrey Archaeological Collections 35:1-29 may be of relevance to these items. [CB 8/12/2009]

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