Accession No

1934.886 A


Description

Chipped flint tranchet axe with mottled blue and white patina.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Soham District; ?Soham; ?Burwell; ?Wicken; ?Fordham


Period

Mesolithic


Source

Westley, E.E. (Miss) [donor]; Westley, James Bland [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1934.886 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements

200mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2: Tranchet axe.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Accession Register notes: 'From Soham District (i.e. Soham, Burwell, Wicken, Fordham, etc.)'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Analysis)
Original catalogue card notes: 'All three have "the characteristic cross-blow method of sharpening the working edge" (M.C.B.).'
Event Date 1934
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1: Chipped flint 'pick', mottled blue and white patina.
Event Date 1934
Author: maa


Context (Other owners)
Accession Register notes: 'Given by Miss E.E. Westley in memory of the late James Bland Westley.'
Event Date 1934
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Chipped flint tranchet axe with mottled blue and white patina.
Event Date 22/1/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'A Survival Story: Prehistoric Life at Star Carr', Li Ka Shing Gallery, Case 2.03, 21 June 2018 - 16 March 2020.
Event Date 21/6/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2018.5 | A Survival Story: Prehistoric Life at Star Carr
Event Date 21/6/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:10246

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