Accession No

Z 31019


Description

Tranchet Axe - Flint; Stone Tranchet Axe


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; London; Hammersmith


Period

Mesolithic


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 31019


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: Displayed in the Andrews Gallery as part of the 'Assembling Bodies' exhibition March 2009-November 2010. Display label noted 'Mesolithic Axes. 12,000 to 5,000 years ago. Essex, London and Suffolk, England. These flint axes were made by humans physically just like us but leading a very different life-style, hunting and gathering from land and sea. They were designed to have wooden handles, extending the power and reach of the body’s arm when wood-working and clearing the land.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Flint; Stone Tranchet Axe
Event Date 1/4/1991
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'A Survival Story: Prehistoric Life at Star Carr', Li Ka Shing Gallery, Case 2.03, 21 June 2018 - 16 March 2020.
Event Date 21/6/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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


FM:35989

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