Accession No
Z 31362.1
Description
Stone handaxe, a twisted ovate implement of a blueish-white colour, sharp and unrolled. Broken across the top.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Kent; Crayford; Wansunt
Period
Palaeolithic
Source
Clark, J. Grahame D. (Professor)
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 31362.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
A loose note seen with objects Z 31362 and Z 31363 reads: '3 flints purchased from the gravel diggers in Wansunt pit said to come from the clay overlaying the gravel near our excavations'. Whilst seen with 6 objects, note likely in relation to the three particular objects Z 31362.1-2 and Z 31363.2. On the reverse is 'T.T. Paterson Trinity College Cambridge'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
A typed loose note seen with objects Z 31362 and Z 31363 reads: 'SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON Three implements found deep in the clay st [sic] Wansunt pit, Crayford, Kent. Exhibited by the President' and an addition in hand writing 'Archaeologia, LXV, 208'. Whilst seen with all six objects, it is in reference to Z 31362.1-2 and Z 31363.2.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
A loose note seen with objects Z 31362 and Z 31363 reads: 'Attention. Post-find [?Ad] = "Still Bay" = "Solutrean" TP will publish - w & return after borrowing'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Flint; Stone Handaxe
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Smith, Reginald and Dewey, Henry. (1914). 'The High Terrace of the Thames: Report on Excavations made on behalf of the British Museum and H.M. Geological Survey in 1913'. Archaeologia vol. 65. pp. 187-212. p. 207. fig. 17.
Event Date 1914
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Smith and Dewey (1914): 'a twisted ovate implement 2.2 in. long, of a bluish-white colour; sharp and unrolled, but broken across the top, where it was somewhat pointed. The curve onthe sides is, as usual, a reversed S, and the cutting edge originally passed all round' [p.207].
Event Date 1914
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Paterson, T.T. (July 1940). 'The Swanscomb Skull: A Defence'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society vol. 6. pp. 166-169. p. 169. fig 2 no. 3.
Event Date 6/1940
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
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