Accession No
1899.44
Description
A large hand axe, leaf shaped in design covered largely in patina or cortex.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Littleport; Burnt Fen
Period
Palaeolithic
Source
Gathercole [?collector and ?vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1899.44
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
A label is affixed to this item which reads '99.44 Burnt Fen Cambridgeshire 1899' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
The Catalogue card has the following entry 'Dated 1899'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Handaxe
Event Date 1899
Author: maa
Context (References)
Clark, J. Grahame D. (1938). 'Early Man'. The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. Salzman, L.F. (ed). Vol. 1. p. 254.
Event Date 1938
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A large hand axe, leaf shaped in design covered largely in patina or cortex.
Event Date 26/3/2014
Author: maa
FM:10160
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