Accession No
Z 31444
Description
Beaker dagger.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; ?Cambridge Fens
Period
Early Bronze Age Beaker period c.2250 - 2000 BC
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 31444; IM ID: Cam 142-147
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
27mm x 100mm Weight 0.06kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
1 ' Beaker Dagger'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Grimes, W.F. (1932). 'The early Bronze Age flint dagger in England and Wales'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, 6(4). pp. 340–355. Catalogue no. 15.
Event Date 1932
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Analysis)
Dr. Catherine Frieman, University of Oxford, examined this object in September 2011 and gave the period as Beaker, c.2250 - 2000 BC.
Event Date 9/2011
Author: maa
Context (References)
Frieman, Catherine J. (2014). 'Appendix: Catalogue of British (and Irish) Flint Daggers'. Proceedings for the Prehistoric Society, 80. catalogue no. 241.
Event Date 2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Frieman, Catherine J. (2014). 'Double Edged Blades: Re-visiting the British (and Irish) Flint Daggers'. Proceedings for the Prehistoric Society, 80. pp 33-65
Event Date 2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Amendments / updates)
Dr Frieman provided information stating the find spot was Cambridge Fens, Cambridgeshire (2014, 'Appendix'). This information was gathered from Grimes' topographical list however there are no illustrations of the dagger in this publication. This information has been tentatively added to the Place field.
Event Date 4/11/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:10375
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