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2011.7.1

Flint flake, brownish orange in colour, triangular shaped. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 18/02/2011]

2011.7.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flint flake, brownish orange in colour, triangular shaped. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 18/02/2011]
Long description
Flint flake, brownish orange in colour, triangular shaped. The dorsal surface has cortex on approximately 55% of the surface. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 18/02/2011]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
September 1903
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1903 Found unentered: 17/02/2011
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 15 mm, Width: max 48 mm, Length: max 74 mm, Weight 52 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 2011.7.1 Other numbers: 434
Associated publications
In 2000 a selection of 145 Iffley tools were analysed by Hyeong Woo Lee as part of his PhD thesis on Lower Palaeolithic Stone Artefacts from Selected Sites in the Upper and Middle Thames Valley [St Cross College, University of Oxford]. The thesis was published as a British Archaeological Report [number 319, British Series] in 2001 under the same title. This object was one of those investigated by Lee under catalogue number 434. Lee describes the object as being flake debitage [2000: 404]. Full References: Lee HW. 2000. A Study of Lower Palaeolithic Stone Artefacts from Selected Sites in the Upper and Middle Thames Valley, with Particular Reference to the R. J. MacRae Collection. Oxford University (St. Cross College): Unpublished D.Phil Thesis. Lee HW. 2001. A Study of Lower Palaeolithic Stone Artefacts from Selected Sites in the Upper and Middle Thames Valley, with Particular Reference to the R. J. MacRae Collection. Oxford: B.A.R (British Series 319). [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 18/02/2011]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Flake, Hand-axe, Debitage

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