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1884.127.139

Stone ball

1884.127.139

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone ball
Long description
Grey brown globular stone tool; possibly used as a hammer-stone. [CC [Excav. PR] 20/12/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
1865 July
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground
Dimensions
Thick: max 61 mm, Width: max 66 mm, Length: max 60 mm, Weight 337 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.127.139 PR Cat other PR nos: 1173 PR Cat other PR nos: 3242
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, Hammer-stone

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