Accession No

1926.148


Description

Small, Scandinavian type dagger.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Mildenhall; West Row Fen


Period

Bronze Age Beaker period c.1700 - 1500 BC


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.148; IM ID: Cam 136-141


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
This computer record is the result of an amalgamation between two catalogue cards bearing the identification number 1926.148. The contents of one card are reproduced above in the main entry. The other card bears the following information: 'Very finely worked javelin head ['javelin head' deleted by Miss M. Cra' ster] Illustrated in Man 223 August 1932, p. 188, in an article by J.G.D. Clark 'Note on some Flint Daggers of Scandinavian Type from the British Isles.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small, of Scandinavian type
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


Context (References)
?Clark, J.D.G. (1932). 'Note on some flint daggers of Scandinavian type from the British Isles'. Man 32. p. 186-190
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. 1700 - 1500 BC.
Event Date 09/2011
Author: Peter Rooley


Context (References)
Frieman, Catherine J. (2014). 'Appendix: Catalogue of British (and Irish) Flint Daggers'. Proceedings for the Prehistoric Society, 80. catalogue no. 228.
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 (References)
Frieman, Catherine. (2015). 'Making a Point: Re-Evaluating British Daggers in their Cultural and Technological Contexts'. Frieman, C. and Eriksen, B. (eds). Flint Daggers in Prehistoric Europe. Oxbow Books: Philadelphia. Table 9.1
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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