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1884.123.580

Stone tool

1884.123.580

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool
Long description
Grey oval-shaped stone tool with a circular hollow on either side; possibly an unfinished hammer-stone or sinker. [CC [Excav. PR] 29/11/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Ground
Dimensions
Thick: max 32 mm, Width: max 53 mm, Length: max 75 mm, Weight 218 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.580
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, Hammer-stone, Fishing Accessory

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