Quartzite hammer-stone. [MN 15/12/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Quartzite hammer-stone. [MN 15/12/2008]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Oxford University of Oxford Magdalen College High Street
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Robert William Theodore Gunther; PRM source Robert William Theodore Gunther
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected: Found 1906
Acquisition information: Donated: 1906
Materials and processes: Material Quartzite Stone, Process Pecked
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 76 x 69 mm, Length: max 120 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1906.57.6
Research and responses: The hammer-stone from Magdalen College is recorded on the Oxfordshire Historic Environment Record [HER] under PRN 3599. [MN 15/12/2008]
The Magdalen College High Street buildings are located at grid ref. SP 519 062. The exact find spot is not known. [MN 15/12/2008]
Associated publications: This object was mentioned in Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum by Simon Thorpe. This is an unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996 on the Museum's collections of Oxfordshire archaeological material including lists of sites, grid references etc [copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe]. [MJD (Verve) 7/6/2017]

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