Accession No
1948.2231 E
Description
A broken bobbin made from the metatarsal bone of a sheep and pierced at one end with a small circular perforation.
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 E
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
24mm x 10mm x 45mm Weight 0.004kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
With circular perforation. Fragment
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.
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 broken bobbin made from the metatarsal bone of a sheep and pierced at one end with a small circular perforation.
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:13441
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