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1905.4.1

Medial fragment of a blade flake with parallel sides and parallel ridges on the dorsal face. [MN 15/12/2008]


1905.4.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Medial fragment of a blade flake with parallel sides and parallel ridges on the dorsal face. [MN 15/12/2008]
Long description
Medial fragment of a blade flake with parallel sides and parallel ridges on the dorsal face. <5% cortex remains on the dorsal face. The flint is a mid grey with a whitish patina starting to develop. [MN 15/12/2008]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
March 1905
Acquisition information
Donated: 1905
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Length: max 77 mm, Width: max 35 mm, Thick: max 26 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1905.4.1
Research and responses

Linton Road [SP 512 082] is in Summertown, a northern surburb of Oxford. The exact find spot is unknown. [MN 15/12/2008]

The three flint flakes [1905.4.1 - .3] collected by Alexander James Montgomerie Bell are recorded on the Oxfordshire Historic Environment Record under PRN 15912. [MN 15/12/2008]

Associated publications
For general information on the Museum's collections of Oxfordshire archaeological material including lists of sites, grid references etc see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum by Simon Thorpe, this is an unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996 [copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe]. [MN 15/12/2008]

Search terms: Tool, Blade Flake