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1884.125.297

Stone axe, a slightly skewed triangular shape with small pecked pits on surface. [MN 15/10/2008]


1884.125.297

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone axe, a slightly skewed triangular shape with small pecked pits on surface. [MN 15/10/2008]
Long description
Stone axe, a slightly skewed triangular shape with small pecked pits on surface. The butt is rounded and the bit/blade has one chip near the edge. [MN 15/10/2008]
Geographical reference
Bretagne
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Pecked
Dimensions
Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 37 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.125.297 PR Cat other PR nos: 1047 PR Cat other PR nos: 1659
Research and responses

Note that the four figure number is not given in the accession book. This object could have been obtained by Pitt Rivers during his visits to Brittany 1878 and 1879 [Bowden, 1991: 86-7][Chapman, 1981: 410-2] [Thompson, 1977: 61] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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