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1908.10.3

Flint core.

1908.10.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flint core.
Long description
Flint core. Cortex on 20% of surface. [MJD (Verve) 19/6/2017]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Oxfordshire Oxford Wolvercote Wolvercote Brick Pit
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
By 1908
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 30 mm, Length: max 39 mm, Width: max 38 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.10.3
Research and responses

Bell published a number of articles on Wolvercote:

Bell, A.M. 1894. 'Palaeolithic Remains at Wolvercote, Oxfordshire'. Antiquary 30: 148 – 152

Bell, A.M. 1894. 'Palaeolithic remains at Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, No. II'. Antiquary 30: 192 – 198

Bell, A.M. 1900. 'On the occurrence of flint implements of Palaeolithic type on an old land-surface in Oxfordshire, near Wolvercote and Pear-Tree Hill, together with a few implements of various plateau types' The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 30:81

Bell, A.M. 1904. 'Implementiferous sections at Wolvercote (Oxfordshire)'. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 60:120- 132.

(copies of the first 1894 article and the 1900 and 1904 articles are in the Related Documents File under 1921.91.473) [CB 5/11/2009]

There is also material held in the Manning archive at the Ashmolean Museum. See http://www.ashmolean.museum/ash/amps/oha/Index.html for more detail [CB 5/11/2009]

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