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1884.140.1441.7

Hammer-stone

1884.140.1441.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hammer-stone
Long description
Hammer-stone of dark blush grey flint with light grey patina forming. Cortex present on 10% of surfaces. Signs of use. [JW [Excav. PR] 23/05/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Iron Age
Date collected
1878 July 5
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 15/05/2013
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 52 mm, Width: max 69 mm, Length: max 76 mm, Weight 268 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.140.1441.7
Research and responses

Found during Pitt Rivers excavations at Mount Caburn in July 1878 [Bowden, 1991: 85] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers published his two seasons work at Mount Caburn in the journal Archaeologia in 1881. Full reference: Pitt Rivers, A H L Fox. 1881. Excavations at Mount Caburn Camp, near Lewes, conducted in 1877 and 1878. Archaeologia 46: 423 - 495. [MN 15/06/2009]

The fortifications at Mount Caburn [TQ 4443 0891] are reported on the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record under monument no. 405932. The record is accessible online, see http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=405932. [MN 15/06/2009]

Associated publications
Lane Fox, A. 1881. Excavations at Mount Caburn camp near Lewes, conducted in 1877 and 1878. Archaeologia 46: 423-495. [Dan Hicks 03/09/2013]

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