Accession No
Z 31363.2
Description
Stone handaxe, somewhat heavier than the others. The cutting edge passes all the way round, and the sides, though rather zigzag, are, on the whole, curved in the usual direction. The colour is black passing into light brown, with paler knots.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Kent; Crayford; Wansunt
Period
Palaeolithic
Source
Clark, J. Grahame D. (Professor)
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 31363.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
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
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: '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
Description (Physical description)
Flint; Stone Handaxe
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Was found 5 ft from the turf.
Event Date 1913
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
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. 18.
Event Date 1914
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Smith and Dewey (1914): ' [the third] implement is somewhat heavier than the others, but of the same type and equally sharp. The cutting edge passes all the way round, and the sides, though rather zigzag, are, on the whole, curved in the usual direction. The colour is black passing into light brown, with paler knots. It measures 2.4 in.' [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. 1.
Event Date 6/1940
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
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