Accession No

Z 15500


Description

Tranchet axe


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Burwell; Burwell Fen


Period

Mesolithic


Source

Evans, John (Sir) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 15500


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: 'Burns [?]' with a line drawn.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten John Evans' label affixed to object reads: 'BURWELL FEN CAMBRIDGE 1871'.
Event Date 1871
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1871
Event Date 1871
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'BURWELL FEN 1871.'
Event Date 1871
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (CMS Description)
Stone Tranchet Axe
Event Date 27/8/1986
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
This object was accessioned with no source information. However, the style of label and handwriting allows it to be identified as once in the collection of Sir John Evans. It is still unknown when the object entered MAA's collection, but Evans has now been added to the Source field accordingly.
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:10273

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