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1938.12.4

Stone implement with tang and pointed blade, possible hoe. [MJD (Verve) 29/3/2016]

1938.12.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone implement with tang and pointed blade, possible hoe. [MJD (Verve) 29/3/2016]
Long description
Stone implement with tang and pointed blade, possible hoe. The stone is mid brown coloured. [MJD (Verve) 29/3/2016]
Cultural groups
Bay Island Culture
Person
Field collector Walter Edward Guinness
Field collector HMS Rosaura
PRM source Walter Edward Guinness
Date
Date collected
1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Length: max 161 mm, Width: max 129 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.12.4
Research and responses

This object was examined by Dr Elizabeth Graham, UCL, as part of the Fell funded project 'Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections of the PRM' in January 2010. She advised that this is a Mayan artefact; Late Classic or maybe even close to Terminal Classic (ca. A.D. 700-800) [AS 29/01/2010]

This object was later seen in December 2010 by Professor Rosemary Joyce during a visit to Oxford. She noted that in this part of Honduras the term Maya is not used to refer to groups here as these communities did not speak a Mayan language, rather they were speakers of 'Pech' ['Paya' in older literature]. These artefacts are local, not imports from the Mayan area. Rather these objects should be identified with the 'Bay Island Culture'. [AS 01/12/2010]

Search terms: Tool, Agriculture and Horticulture, Agricultural Tool, Hoe, Digging Stick

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