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1884.123.469.86

Stone blade flake

1884.123.469.86

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone blade flake
Long description
Sub-rectangular blade of flint covered in a light yellowish white patina and orange staining present. [MJD 09/01/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
1874 - 1877
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 4 mm, Width: max 14 mm, Length: max 33 mm, Weight 2 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.469.86
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]

Search terms: Tool, Blade Flake

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