Stone axe

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone axe
Long description: Stone axe of light brownish grey patinated flint. Ground and polished with a few flakes removed from use. [JW [Excav. PR] 23/04/2013]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England East or West Sussex South Downs
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected: By 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions: Thick: max 30 mm, Width: max 46 mm, Length: max 86 mm, Weight 138 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.125.310
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]
Associated publications: Lane Fox, A.H. 1869. An examination into the character and probable origin of the Hill Forts of Sussex. Archaeologia 42: 27-52. [Dan Hicks 16/08/2013]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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