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1884.123.475

Hammer-stone

1884.123.475

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hammer-stone
Long description
Hammer-stone of flint covered in a light grey patina. Percussion marks on numerous edges. Orange staining present. [CG [Excav. PR] 18/02/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
1867 April 7
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Struck
Dimensions
Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 45 mm, Weight 94 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.475 PR Cat other PR nos: ? 3252
Research and responses

Very little is known about the time in April 1867 when Pitt Rivers worked with Canon Greenwell on the Yorkshire Wolds according to Bowden [1991: 66] but PR probably assisted with the Willerby Wold and Ganton Wold excavations, he also studied a linear ditch system in the same area [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Canon Greenwell excavated seven barrows in and around the civil parish of Willerby. Greenwell published the results of his barrow excavations in an 1877 book co-written with George Rolleston [this book can be accessed online at http://www.archive.org/details/britishbarrowsre00greeuoft]. The Willerby barrows are described on pages 180 - 186. The majority of these barrows appear to have been excavated in 1867. Unfortunately it is not currently known from which of these seven barrows this object was recovered. Full reference: Greenwell, W and Rolleston, G. 1877. British barrows: A record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England . Oxford: Clarendon Press. [MN 23/06/2009]

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