One of 23 copper alloy medallions (for excavations) [.3

Collection type: Object
Description: One of 23 copper alloy medallions (for excavations) [.3 - .25]. [FB 10/04/2014]
Long description: The copper alloy medallion shows on one side a pick, a theodolite, a stone battle-axe head, a bronze halberd, a skull and a vase, on the other "Opened by A. Pitt Rivers FRS" with a space below for the date to be stamped on it. The medallion is a flat disc. [FB 10/04/2014]]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Wiltshire
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers; PRM source George Anthony Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1900
Date collected: By 1971
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1971
Materials and processes: Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Stamped
Dimensions: Diameter: max 38 mm, Height: max 3 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1971.30.5.15
Research and responses: Wesley Jacobs, Helen Jacobs from the Bullpen, Steve Hurst, sculptor and foundry owner and Daniel Hunt from Kansas State University undertook a research visit on Tuesday 18 October 2011. The following comments were recorded about this object: The medallions look like they are made of copper. Copper is a soft metal to stamp. They may be copper alloy but adding any metal to copper will make it harder. [MJD 24/10/2011]
Associated publications: See 'Tiles Can Tell Tales Centuries Later', by Alan Ferg, in The Petroglyph: Newsletter of the Arizona Archaeological Society, Vol. XXXIX, no. 8 (April 2003), pp. 1, 3; 'Tiles to Identify Previous Excavations', by Alan Ferg, in Arizona Archaelogical Council Newsletter, Vol. XXVII, no. 1 (spring 2003), pp. 11-12; and 'Testing Tile Technology', by Alan Ferg, in Glyphs: The Monthly Newsletter of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. LIV, no. 2 (August 2003), pp. 4-5. In each case Ferg provies a brief account of the medallions. In the latter two, he illustrates one. Copies of all three articles and related correspondence in RDF. [JC 12 9 2003] Illustrated in colour as Figure 11.12 on page 255 of 'Later Prehistoric and Roman Europe', by Joshua Pollard and Dan Hicks, in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization, edited by Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013), pp. 240-261. Caption (same page): 'Figure 11.12 Unused example of General Pitt-Rivers' 'medalets', which he had specifically crafted for date-stamping and placement in his excavation trenches before back-filling (PRM Accession Number 1971.30.5).'. [MJD 24/06/2014]

Search terms: Insignia, Tool, Medal, Stamp