Accession No

1953.61 A


Description

Red-deer frontlet with antlers removed or split to obtain splinters and skull perforated. One brow tine remains.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Yorkshire; Seamer; Star Carr


Period

Mesolithic


Source

Clark, J Grahame D (Prof.)


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1953.61 A; AF17


Cultural Affliation


Material

Red Deer Antler; Red Deer Bone


Local Term


Measurements

320mm


Events

Loan (Exhibition)
National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, Temporary Exhibit \'Art, Ritual and Death\' at the National Museum of Wales..
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by J.G.D. Clark
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Clark, J.G.D. 1954. Excavations at Star Carr. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. pp. 168-175, pl. XXII.
Event Date 1954
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Thomas, Stanley. (1965). Pre-Roman Britain. Studio Vista: London. fig. 19.
Event Date 1965
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
Red-deer frontlet with antlers removed or split to obtain splinters and skull perforated. One brow tine remains.
Event Date 1/3/1991
Author: maa


Context (References)
Conneller, Chantal. 2004. 'Becoming Deer. Corporeal Transformations at Star Carr.' Archaeological Dialogues, 11, pp. 37-56.
Event Date 2004
Author: Imogen Gunn


Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2018.5 | A Survival Story: Prehistoric Life at Star Carr
Event Date 21/6/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'A Survival Story: Prehistoric Life at Star Carr', Li Ka Shing Gallery, Case 2.01, 21 June 2018 to 16 March 2020.
Event Date 21/6/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


FM:34527

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