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1884.123.599

Stone axe

1884.123.599

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone axe
Long description
Grey blue sub-rectangular stone implement; flat-faced with rectangular section. [CC [Excav. PR] 09/12/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground
Dimensions
Thick: max 14 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Length: max 75 mm, Weight 58 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.599
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, Weapon, Axe

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