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1884.140.1322

Animal bone fragment

1884.140.1322

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Collection type
Object
Description
Animal bone fragment
Long description
Bone fragment, possibly proximal ulna of a bird covered in a post-depositional black substance. [JW [Excav. PR] 29/01/2013]
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 St Peter's brick pit near Reading Street
Date / Period
Date made: Unknown Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
1868 Sept
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 25/01/2013
Materials and processes
Material Animal Bone
Dimensions
Thick: max 10 mm, Width: max 11 mm, Length: max 45 mm, Weight 4 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.140.1322
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 1:1-12

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