Hammer-stone

Collection type: Object
Description: Hammer-stone
Long description: Hammer-stone of white patinated flint. Cortex present on 50% of surfaces. [JW [Excav. PR] 24/04/2013]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England East Sussex Wealden Beachy Head
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected: 1869 Oct
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Thick: max 51 mm, Width: max 66 mm, Length: max 80 mm, Weight 294 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.125.95 Other numbers: 1173 PR Cat other PR nos: 3242
Research and responses: During September/ October of 1867 Pitt Rivers undertook a survey of Sussex hillforts which he published in 1869 as ‘An examination into the characters and probable origins of the hill forts of Sussex.’ Archaeologia 42:27-52. It seems likely that these items were collected during this time [CB 8/12/2009]

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