Accession No

1921.65.95


Description

Roughly oval handaxe, pointed end squared off by retouch.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Bottisham; Swaffham Bulbeck; Upper Hare Park


Period

Palaeolithic


Source

Allix, Charles Peter [bequeather]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1921.65.95; MAA: Z 29281


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements

95mm x 155mm Weight 0.5kg


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 29281: 'Handaxe. Pointed end is squared off by retouch'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Field collection)
Found at Upper Hare Park and excavated by Nathan Day in April 1906. Dug out under 11 feet of gravel.
Event Date 04/1906
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
A hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Dug out under 11 feet of gravel at Upper Hare Park by Nathan Day. May 06' in black ink.
Event Date 05/1906
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Flint ovate
Event Date 1921
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. 251.
Event Date 1938
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
Object is also marked 'Z 29281' and matches the description for that record. Z 29281 records the object as coming from Swaffham Bulbeck (not Bottisham as on this record). The catalogue card for 1921.65.95 records the place as 'Upper Hare Park, Newmarket.' Another hand has added in red pen 'Bottisham'. As it seems to be the same object, the Z number has been added to the MAA No. field.
Event Date 22/8/2011
Author: Sarah-Jane Harknett


FM:10165

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