- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone flake
- Long description
- Stone flake of mid grey flint. Bluish grey forming on the ventral surface and orange staining on both surfaces. [MJD 18/12/2012]
- Geographical reference
- England Surrey Guildford St Catherine's Hill or Warren Farm
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1873 - 1877
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 9 mm, Width: max 34 mm, Length: max 40 mm, Weight 16 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.123.467.37
- Research and responses
Pitt Rivers lived in Guildford from 1873 - 1877. [see Chapman, 1981][Bowden, 1991: 83-4][Thompson, 1977: 124]. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
St Catherine's Hill is in the centre of Guildford, while Warren Farm lies to the SE of the town centre. [Dan Hicks 17/12/2012]
1884.123.467.37
Stone flake
1884.123.467.37
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