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1884.123.639

Stone blade

1884.123.639

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone blade
Long description
Light brown mottled, long, narrow stone blade flake; with a central dorsal ridge and a straight butt. [CC [Excav. PR] 10/12/2013].
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
Dimensions
Thick: max 8 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 88 mm, Weight 14 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.639
Research and responses

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

Search terms: Tool, Blade Flake

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