Accession No

1924.939


Description

Seven flint blades. Rectangular in form; all retouched to form at least one serrated edge. Varying colours, including mottled pink and dark grey. One blade features a section of the cortex of the flint and dark-brown and crystalline surface accretions.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Portugal; Algarve; Alentejo


Period

Neolithic


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Fonseca [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1924.939


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
From a Dolmen.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Other owners)
From the Fonseca Collection.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Seven chipped flints.
Event Date 1924
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Previously on display in archaeology gallery, Case 25, Clarke Gallery 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2017.3743 | Remedial
Event Date 21/2/2017
Author: Ruth Watson


Description (Physical description)
Seven flint blades. Rectangular in form; all retouched to form at least one serrated edge. Varying colours, including mottled pink and dark grey. One blade features a section of the cortex of the flint and dark-brown and crystalline surface accretions.
Event Date 26/3/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle


FM:49402

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