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1884.123.549

Stone axe

1884.123.549

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone axe
Long description
Dark brown sub-rectangular stone axe; one convex face with a chipped butt, with a pitted surface. [CC [Excav. PR] 05/12/2013].
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Chert Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 27 mm, Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 160 mm, Weight 399 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.549
Research and responses

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

Search terms: Tool, Axe

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