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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