Accession No

1883.88


Description

Buff-coloured cube-shaped hammerstone.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge


Period

Neolithic


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Webb (Dr) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1883.88; CAM 84


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Typed label affixed to object reads: 'Camb. Antiq. Soc. Found near [blank]. From the late Mr. I. Deck's Collection, 1854' and in a later hand: 'Dr Webb's'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
CAS. Register adds: "(finger depressions)"
Event Date 1883
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (CMS Description)
Buff-coloured cube-shaped hammerstone
Event Date 8/8/1986
Author: maa


Context (References)
Clough, T.H.McI. and W.A. Cummins (eds.). (1988). Stone Axe Studies Volume 2: The Petrology of Prehistoric Stone Implements for the British Isles. CBA Research Report No. 67. (no. CAM 84)
Event Date 1988
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


FM:10305

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