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1912.30.23

Stone eolith.

1912.30.23

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone eolith.
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Benjamin Harrison
PRM source Edward Burnett Tylor
Date
Date collected
By 1912
Acquisition information
Donated: 1912
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Material Flint Stone
Dimensions
Length 105 mm, Width 84 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1912.30.23 Other numbers: 4303
Research and responses

In the Barnes Papers, Box 60, Item VIII [a small album, 9" x 5.5"], Benjamin Harrison has produced a water colour illustration of this eolith. Catalogue number 71. It is on a page entitled "Body stones". Written below the illustration is "4303. S. ash." [JFK 06/11/2009]

In December 2007 this object was examined by Professor Roy Ellen and Angela Muthana from the Department of Anthropology, University of Kent, who identified the red label 'Kent. - Plateau' that is stuck on the object as a label commonly found on objects collected by Benjamin Harrison. Harrison apparently used these objects on objects to indicate they were found west of the River Medway. [ZM 06/12/2007]

On 13 May 2008 Angela Muthana, an archaeologist and lithics specialist, examined this object and entered it on a database created as part of the research project 'The Eolith Controversy', headed by Professor Roy Ellen at the University of Kent [for more information on the project and maps of the Kent plateau area see researchers file 'Ellen'] [ZM 13/05/2008]

Search terms: Specimen, Geology, Tool, Stone

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