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2019.8.57

Chert tool, possibly a chopper. [AG 04/07/2019]

2019.8.57

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Collection type
Object
Description
Chert tool, possibly a chopper. [AG 04/07/2019]
Long description
Chert possible chopper or chopping tool, red-brown cortex, honey-coloured/white/grey faces, one striking platform, percussion bulbs and conchoidal fracture visible, retouch visible on one edge, one side worked flat, reverse side has a concave depression. [AG 04/07/2019]
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Brian Hack
Field collector A.C. 'Joe' Cornish
PRM source Brian Hack
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Lower Palaeolithic
Date collected
1991- 1992
Acquisition information
Donated: 18/02/2019
Materials and processes
Material Chert Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 44 mm, Length: max 67 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2019.8.57
Research and responses

Uncertain type/function of tool, one worked edge suggests a chopper but shape is strange [AG 04/07/2019]

Associated publications
Publications about the Abbots Leigh Site & Finds- Hack, Brian, and A.P. Cornish 1991 'Preliminary Report on a Recent Collection of Stone Artefacts from the "100 Foot Terrace" at Abbots Leigh, Avon', Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, Vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 33-41 Hack, Brian 1992 'A Distinctive "Chopping Tool" Element on the '100ft Terrace' at Abbos Leigh, Avon', Proceedings of the Bristol Spelaeological Society, Vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 273-5 Hack, Brian 1993 'A "Quartzite" Handaxe of Acheulian Type from Abbots Leigh Avon', Retrospect: Axbridge Archaeological and Local History Society, no. 160 (October) pp. 3-5 Hack, Brian 1999 'More Handaxes from Somerset', Axbridge Archaeological & Local History Society Journal 1999, pp. 26-28 Hack, Brian 2002 ' Collections of Lower Palaeolithic Artefacts from Abbots Leigh, Somerset (1991-1992)', Lithics: The Newsletter of the Lithics Studies Society, no. 23, pp. 48-51 Hack, Brian 2010 ' Lower Palaeolithic Artefacts from Abbots Leigh, Somerset', Somerset Archaeology and Natural History: The Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society for 2009, Vol. 153, p.157 Lacaille, A. D. 1954 'Palaeoliths from the Lower Reaches of the Bristol Avon', Antiquaries Journal, Vol. 34, nos 1/2 (January-April), pp.1-27 [AG 02/07/2019] Roe, D.A. 1974 'Palaeolithic Artefacts from the River Avon Terraces Near Bristol' Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, Vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 319-26 [AG 01/07/2019]

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