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1884.123.519

Stone tool or weapon

1884.123.519

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool or weapon
Long description
Orange brown mottled stone flake; leaf-shaped with a central dorsal ridge. There are glue remains on the ventral face; was likely formerly attached to a mount. [CC [Excav. PR] 09/12/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Chert Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 15 mm, Width: max 49 mm, Length: max 75 mm, Weight 43 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.519 PR Cat other PR nos: 1872
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object could have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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