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1884.133.4

Stone flake

1884.133.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Long description
Stone flake of dark grey flint with white patina forming. Cortex present on left edge. Retouch on left and right edges. [JW [Excav. PR] 19/02/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
1867 April 5
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 11 mm, Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 51 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.133.4 PR Cat other PR nos: 1495
Research and responses

Very little is known about the time in April 1867 when Pitt Rivers worked with Canon Greenwell on the Yorkshire Wolds according to Bowden [1991: 66] but PR probably assisted with the Willerby Wold and Ganton Wold excavations, he also studied a linear ditch system in the same area. This object dates from after the recorded time of Pitt Rivers' visit [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

There are some notes from these Yorkshire sites held with the Pitt Rivers papers (box P12) at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. Canon Greenwell also published his excavations in 1877. Full reference: Greenwell, W. and Rolleston, G. 1877. British Barrows: A Record of the Examination of Sepulchral Mounds in Various Parts of England. Oxford: Claredon Press [CB 8/12/2009]

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