Context (Analysis)
This axe was sampled as part of the Council for British Archaeology's Sub-Committee for Implement Petrology, at an unknown date. The subsequent analysis identified the stone as Group I, uralitized gabbro, epidiorite or greenstone, from Mount's Bay area, near Penzance, Cornwall. See report in the archive (GO1/2/2).
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1860.
Event Date 1860
Author: maa

Context (References)
Clough, T.H.McK. and Green, B. (1972). 'The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 38, pp 108-155. (CAM 80)
Event Date 1972
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (CMS Description)
Green, very much ground
Event Date 2/9/1986
Author: maa

Context (References)
Clough, T.H.McI. and W.A. Cummins (eds.). (1988). Stone Axe Studies Volume 2: The Petrology of Prehistoric Stone Implements for the British Isles. CBA Research Report No. 67. p. 175 (no. CAM 80)
Event Date 1988
Author: Imogen Gunn

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn