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1884.125.178

Stone axe

1884.125.178

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone axe
Long description
Brown sub-triangular polished stone axe; plano-convex with a lob-sided cutting edge and butt, which is also chipped. [CC [Excav. PR] 05/12/2013].
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions
Thick: max 25 mm, Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 114 mm, Weight 255 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.125.178 Other numbers: 18 PR Cat other PR nos: 1157 PR Cat other PR nos: 061
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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