1884.140.1471.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone hand-axe

Long description

Hand-axe of mid grey flint covered in light yellowish grey patina. Cortex remains on one surface. [CG [Excav. PR] 29/05/2013]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

England West Sussex Worthing Findon Cissbury Ring "large pit" "23 feet below"

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: Neolithic

Date collected

1878 Jan 21

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 2013

Materials and processes

Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Thick: max 44 mm, Width: max 61 mm, Length: max 84 mm, Weight 193 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.140.1471.2

Research and responses

The date written on the object (28 Jan 1878) may be the date received at South Kensington? [Dan Hicks 14/08/2013]

Pitt Rivers excavated at Cissbury hillfort in September 1867, January 1868 and April, June-Sept 1875 [see Bowden, 1991]. Despite the fact some of these objects seem to be dated 21.1.78 and there are a large number of objects in the Green book which match other items dated 21.1.78 [the date the receipt was sent from Bethnal Green] these objects are not listed there [unless they are one of the unmatched items at the bottom of page 56. See also 'Excavations in Cissbury Camp, Sussex; being a report of the Exploration Committee of the Anthropological Institute for the year 1875' JAI vol V p357 1876 [AP]

Search terms: Tool, Hand-axe