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1884.123.232

Stone flake

1884.123.232

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Long description
Flake of flint with mid grey patina covering all surfaces. [CG [Excav. PR] 16/09/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
1868 Aug 27
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 12 mm, Width: max 56 mm, Length: max 68 mm, Weight 33 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.232
Research and responses

The writing on this object is typical of Pitt-Rivers and it is therefore thought that Pitt-Rivers personally collected these during field walking in the Brandon area. This may have been an independent visit or maybe he was one of the men who assisted Flower during his exploration of the Valley of the Little Ouse River. [CG [Excav. PR] 03/12/2013]

Associated publications
Flower, J.W. 1867. 'On some flint implements lately found in the Valley of the Little Ouse River at Thetford, Norfolk' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 23:45–53 http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/content/23/1-2/45.full.pdf [Dan Hicks 05/11/2014] Flower, J. W. 1869a. On the distribution of flint implements in the drift with reference to some recent discoveries in Norfolk and Suffolk. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 25: 272-273. http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/content/25/1-2/272.full.pdf [Dan Hicks 05/11/2014] Flower, J.W. 1869b. 'On some recent discoveries of flint implements of the Drift of Norfolk and Suffolk, with observations on the theories accounting for their distribution' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 25:449-460. http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/content/25/1-2/449.full.pdf [Dan Hicks 05/11/2014]

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