Accession No

1951.1064.1


Description

One chert core.


Place

Europe; British Isles; Scotland; Skye; Skeabost; Tote


Period

?Mesolithic


Source

Lethbridge, T. C. [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.1064.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Chert


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Lethbridge from a small cairn beside the large one, described 1951.1058 and 1063. There were about 300 flakes of this material in the small cairn.

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 'SMALLER CAIRN TOTE SKEABOST SKYE' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
(1920). Archaeological Journal, vol. 77. pp. 135-6.
Event Date 1920
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
2 cores (chert);
5 flakes (chert)
Event Date 1951
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
See notes on examination of the material by Alan Saville, National Museums of Scotland, May 1998, in the Archive.

Event Date 5/1998
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
One chert core.
Event Date 3/1/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
The original description stated there were two cores and five flakes. However on sight of the material, there are actually six flakes. The original catalogue card did not state the number of flakes originally but the number '5' was added later in pencil in another hand. This may have been where the confusion started.
Event Date 3/1/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:41101

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