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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