- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone tool, hand-axe, mid brown patina. [MJD 19/08/2013]
- Geographical reference
- England Bedfordshire Bedford Biddenham
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
- Date collected
- August 1861
- Acquisition information
- Found unentered: 19/08/2013
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 41 mm, Width: max 80 mm, Length: max 142 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2013.52.2
- Research and responses
James Wyatt published two articles about stone tools from Bedford; Flint implements in the drift: notice of discoveries in the neighbourhood of Bedford (1862) and Further discoveries of flint implements and fossil mammals in the valley of the Ouse (1864) from the Quarterly publication of the Geological Society, Bedford. Page 8 Flint Implements 'At the early part of the month of April 1861, in the cause of my periodical visitations to the pits, I found that at Biddenham the men were excavating in that part of the field in which they had previously turned up considerate quantities of bones and teeth.' Page 9 'At time of my visit to this pit, on the 8th of April, ...'. [MJD 19/08/2013]
- Associated publications
- Illustration in James Wyatt, Flint implements in the drift: notice of discoveries in the neighbourhood of Bedford (1862) Quarterly publication of the Geological Society, Bedford. Drawn illustration on plate figure No. I and description on page 13 'spear head form', 'nearly 6" ' and 'obtusely pointed'. [MJD 19/08/2013]
2013.52.2
Stone tool, hand-axe, mid brown patina. [MJD 19/08/2013]
2013.52.2
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