Accession No

1925.728


Description

26 fragments of worked and unworked, light grey coloured quartzite. Tools include: side scrapers, blades, a blade retouched into an end scraper, points, and several fragments of triangular cross-section with notched or serrated edges.


Place

Europe; Western Europe; France; Seine et Oise; Forêt de Montmorency


Period

Early Neolithic Campignian


Source

Breuil, Henri (Abbé) [donor]; Franchet, L. [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1925.728; E. 1921-9


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Quartzite


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Note found with object, written in blue pencil in Miles Crawford Burkitt's hand, reads: 'Forêt de Montmorency (Seine et Oise) Campignian'.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Labels & Markings)
Two objects marked in black ink: 'Forêt de Montmorency'. One of these objects is also marked 'E. 1921-9'.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Field collection)
The site was dug by M. Franchet and described by him in the essay which gained the first Prix Auld de Mesuil.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Acquisition Details)
Gift of Abbé Breuil, per Miles Crawford Burkitt.
Event Date 1925
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1925.728: 'A set of rough early Neolithic tools made of grey quartzite.'
Event Date 1925
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
26 fragments of worked and unworked, light grey coloured quartzite. Tools include: side scrapers, blades, a blade retouched into an end scraper, points, and several fragments of triangular cross-section with notched or serrated edges.
Event Date 12/4/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


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