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1884.123.334

Stone blade

1884.123.334

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone blade
Long description
Stone knife of mid grey flint covered in light grey patina. Curved edge and straight back meeting in a point. Cortex present on 30% of dorsal surface. [JW [Excav. PR] 15/02/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 14 mm, Width: max 39 mm, Length: max 105 mm, Weight 54 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.334 PR Cat other PR nos: 1360 PR Cat other PR nos: 2193
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers worked in Yorkshire at the same time, and in cases alongside Canon Greenwell in 1867. It seems likely that these items were collected at that time. Canon Greenwell published his work in 1877. Full reference: Greenwell, W. and Rolleston, G. 1877. British Barrows: A Record of the Examination of Sepulchral Mounds in Various Parts of England. Oxford: Claredon Press [CB 8/12/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Knife

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