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1907.22.9

Stone tool. [MJD 13/05/2013]

1907.22.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool. [MJD 13/05/2013]
Long description
Stone tool, handaxe. The surfaces are covered with mid brownish orange patina. The proximal portion is covered with cortex. [MJD 13/05/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
1907
Acquisition information
Donated: 1907
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 33 mm, Width: max 56 mm, Length: max 111 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1907.22.9
Research and responses

According to http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/17/Beds_1.htm the gravel pit at Biddenham was '... owned by S.W. Jarvis & Son, a firm of stone and monumental masons in Alexandra Road, Bedford.' [AP 28/07/2006]

F.H.S. Knowles carried out some analysis of his own collection from Biddenham and used the collection to furnish examples for his publication "Knowles, F.H.S. 1953. Stone-worker's progress: a study of stone implements in the Pitt Rivers Museum. Oxford:University Press" [CB 28/10/2009]

The Photograph and Manuscripts Collection has eight photographs of the gravel works at Biddenham donated by F.H.S. Knowles (2008.22.1 - 2008.22.8). [MJD 14/05/2013]

Search terms: Tool, Hand-axe

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