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

Collection type: Object
Description: Flint flake, brownish orange in colour, irregular shaped. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 18/02/2011]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Oxford Iffley
Person: Field collector Alexander James Montgomerie Bell; PRM source Alexander James Montgomerie Bell
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected: 26 April 1904
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1904 Found unentered: 17/02/2011
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Thick: max 18 mm, Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 66 mm, Weight 51 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 2011.8.1 Other numbers: 381
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 381. Lee describes the object as being natural material [2000: 408]. 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 Oxford University (St. Cross College): Unpublished D.Phil Thesis.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]

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