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1884.140.1558.6

Stone flake

1884.140.1558.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Long description
Flake of dark grey flint with orange-brown patina covering the majority of all surfaces. Small patch of cortex present on the dorsal surface. [CG [Excav. PR] 21/08/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Greater London London Borough of Ealing W3 Acton Church Field
Date / Period
Date made: Unknown Archaeological period: Palaeolithic, uncertain
Date collected
1870 March
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884, uncertain Found unentered: Found unentered
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 11 mm, Width: max 39 mm, Length: max 69 mm, Weight 37 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.140.1558.6
Research and responses

Note that Bowden gives the dates for Pitt Rivers' obtaining objects from the Thames Gravel Terraces around Acton as January to June 1869 [Bowden, 1991: 73]. However, there are several objects from Acton dated July 1869 as well. There are also objects dated 1870 and 1871. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Associated publications
Lane Fox (Pitt-Rivers), A. 1869. ‘On the discovery of flint implements of Palaeolithic type in the gravel of the Thames Valley at Acton and Ealing’ Report of the British Association of the Advancement of Science p130-2 Lane Fox (Pitt-Rivers), A. 1872. 'On the discovery of Palaeolithic implements in association with Elephas primihenius in the gravels of the Thames Valley at Acton' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 28:449-465 (copies in Related Documents File under 1884.122) [CB 29/10/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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