Accession No

1948.2231 A


Description

A bone point, or 'gouge', possibly used in leather work. Cut obliquely to form point, the very tip is missing.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Hadstock Road


Period

Iron Age


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.2231 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

15mm x 10mm x 130mm Weight 0.13kg


Events

Description (Physical description)
Cut obliquely to form point
Event Date 1948
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Early Iron Age site. Excavated by Thomas C. Lethbridge and Geoffrey H.S. Bushnell in August 1948.
Event Date 8/1948
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (References)
Fell, C. I., Lethbridge, T. C. and Bushnell, G. H. S. (1949). 'Archaeological Notes. Iron Age Site at Linton'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 42. p. 129.
Event Date 1949
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46. p. 33, 39. fig. 2 no. 1.
Event Date 1953
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46. pp. 31-42
Event Date 1953
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Bone showing workings.
Event Date 17/2/1987
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A bone point, or 'gouge', possibly used in leather work. Cut obliquely to form point, the very tip is missing.
Event Date 2/10/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age A.
Event Date 21/6/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:13437

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