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1884.138.8.242

Complete snail shell [CG [Excav. PR] 05/02/2013]


1884.138.8.242

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Collection type
Object
Description
Complete snail shell [CG [Excav. PR] 05/02/2013]
Geographical reference
England Kent Shepway Folkestone Castle Hill [Caesar's Camp] "Upper camp - interior" "just beneath the surface"
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Medieval
Date collected
1878 June 15
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Shell
Dimensions
Diameter: max 17 mm, Height: max 12 mm, Weight 3 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.138.8.242 PR no.: ?/ 12191
Research and responses

A report on the animal bone and shell from Pitt-Rivers' 1878 excavations at Caesar's Camp was written by George Rolleston (see publications field) [Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

Associated publications
Rolleston, G. 1883. Notes on the two sets of bones from Caesar’s Camp, Folkestone and from Mount Caburn, near Lewes. Archaeologia 47: 454-455. [Dan Hicks 20/03/2013] Pitt-Rivers, A.H.L.F. 1883. Excavations at Caesar’s Camp, near Folkestone conducted in 1878. Archaeologia 47: 429-465 [Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

Search terms: Animalia, Specimen, Shell, Animal Part