1904.27.14

Collection type

Object

Description

Flint flake, brownish orange in colour, roughly triangular shaped. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 09/03/2011]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Oxfordshire Oxford New Iffley

Person

Field collector Alexander James Montgomerie Bell

PRM source Alexander James Montgomerie Bell

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1904 Archaeological period: Palaeolithic

Date collected

By 1904

Acquisition information

Donated: 07/1904 Found unentered: 09/03/2011

Materials and processes

Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Thick: max 22 mm, Width: max 47 mm, Length: max 54 mm, Weight 44 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1904.27.14 Other numbers: 3

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 3. Lee describes the stone as tip of handaxe [2000: 407]. 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 Oxford University (St. Cross College): Unpublished D.Phil Thesis.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 09/03/2011]

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