1884.140.1284

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone borer

Long description

Stone borer of dark grey flint with blue patina forming. Cortex present on 40% of surfaces. [JW [Excav. PR] 28/01/2013]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

England Kent Thanet Broadstairs surface collecting at three locations near Broadstairs

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: Unknown Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain

Date collected

1868 Sept 28

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 25/01/2013

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched

Dimensions

Thick: max 13 mm, Width: max 35 mm, Length: max 61 mm, Weight 18 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.140.1284 PR Cat other PR nos: 1366 PR Cat other PR nos: 2207

Research and responses

Note that Pitt Rivers spent some time in east Kent (including the Isle of Thanet) in September 1868 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers published a paper on his findings in Thanet in 1868. Full reference: Lane Fox, A. 1868. ‘On some flint implements found associated with Roman remains in Oxfordshire and the Isle of Thanet’ Journal of the Ethnological Society 1:1-12 [CG [Excav. PR] 23/01/2013]

Associated publications

Lane Fox, A. 1869. On some flint implements found associated with Roman remains in Oxfordshire and the Isle of Thanet. Journal of the Ethnological Society of London 1:1-12 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3014386 [Dan Hicks 19/03/2013]

Search terms: Tool, Borer