Accession No
1928.190 B
Description
One piece of bone worked into a point. Pointed end polished, the other end wide and irregular.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg
Period
Bronze Age Early Hatvan Earliest
Source
National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.190 B; TS201 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
45mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Toszeg 201'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS201 in top right hand corner of card 211.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Childe, V. Gordon. (1927). ‘A Bronze Age Village in Hungary: A Thousand Years of Prehistory’. The Illustrated London News, 24 September 1927, p. 498.
Event Date 1927
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Field collection)
Stratum VII. Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1927. See archive (LL1/4/1 – LL1/4/3) for correspondence, notes, drawings, etc.
Event Date 1927
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of bone, worked and polished. Function: small pointed bone tool
Event Date 1928
Author: maa
Context (References)
Schalk, Emily. (1981). ‘Die Frühbronzezeitliche Tellsiedlung bei Tószeg, Ostungarn, mit Fundmaterial aus der Sammlung Groningen (Niederlande) und Cambridge (Großbritannien)’. Dacia, vol. 25. pp. 63–129.
Event Date 1981
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (References)
Leighton, Mary and Stig Sorensen, Marie Louise. (2004). 'Breathing Life into the Archives: Reflections Upon Decontextualization and the Curatorial History of V.G. Childe and the Material from Toszeg'. European Journal of Archaeology, vol. 7. pp. 41-60.
Event Date 2004
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
One piece of bone worked into a point. Pointed end polished, the other end wide and irregular.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:50457
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