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1884.123.611

Stone blade

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1884.123.611

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone blade
Long description
Flat brown flaked stone blade with rounded top. [El.B 19/09/2007]
Geographical reference
Ireland, Republic of
Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of
"Ireland": ie Ireland or Northern Ireland (UK)
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 6 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Length: max 76 mm, Weight 16 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.611 PR Cat other PR nos: 1077
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]

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