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1921.91.407.11

Plano convex blade flake with parallel edges and parallel ridges on the dorsal face. [MN 04/12/2008]

1921.91.407.11

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Collection type
Object
Description
Plano convex blade flake with parallel edges and parallel ridges on the dorsal face. [MN 04/12/2008]
Long description
Plano convex blade flake with parallel edges and parallel ridges on the dorsal face. A small area [approx. 5%] of cortex remains towards the distal end of the dorsal face. The flint is a mid grey colour with a slight whitish patina starting to develop. [MN 04/12/2008]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
By 1920
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 3 mm, Width: max 8 mm, Length: max 39 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.91.407.11
Research and responses

The Alexander James Montgomerie Bell collection of flint tools accessioned under 1921.91.407 .1 to 1921.91.407 .46 were collected from the Bank of the River Cherwell around the vicinity of Summertown, a suburb on the Northern edge of Oxford [grid ref SP 517 089, the exact find spot is unknown]. [MN 04/12/2008].

Various Early Bronze Age finds from Summertown were noted in Percy Manning's 1921 survey of Oxfordshire [page 251]. There are no references in the article to the flint tools that are in the Pitt Rivers collection. A copy is in RDF: Researchers File: Manning. Full article reference: Manning, P and Leeds, E. T. 1921. An archaeological survey of Oxfordshire. Archaeologia 71: 227-265. [MN 04/12/2008]

For general information on the Museum's collections of Oxfordshire archaeological material including lists of sites, grid references etc see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum by Simon Thorpe, this is an unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996 [copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe]. [MN 04/12/2008]

Search terms: Tool, Blade Flake

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