Accession No
2007.456 E.1
Description
Perforated bone pin, broken at the butt and incomplete.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; Little Paxton
Period
Late Anglo Saxon 9th century 10th century 11th century
Source
Addyman, Peter Vincent [excavator and donor]; Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2007.456 E.1; LP61 [excavation no.]; LP62 [excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
85mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
cf: (1959). Waterman, D. (1959). II.—Late Saxon, Viking, and Early Medieval Finds from York. Archaeologia, 97, 59-105, p.85, Fig. 14 (bone pin)
Event Date 1959
Author: Annie McKay
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Peter V. Addyman and Charles F. Tebbutt, 1961-1962.
Event Date 1961
Author: Annie McKay
Context (References)
Addyman, P. V. (1969). 'Late Saxon settlements in the St. Neots area. II. The Little Paxton settlements and enclosures'. PCAS LXII. p. 86, Fig. 16
Event Date 1969
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.456 E[.1-2]: 'LP61 + LP62 (Box 1) containing bone.'
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay
Context (Acquisition Details)
Excavated in the 1960s and only recently donated to the Museum by Peter Addyman.
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.456 E[.1-2]: 'Perforated bone pin, broken at the butt and incomplete, and a bone thread picker.'
Event Date 13/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
Perforated bone pin, broken at the butt and incomplete.
Event Date 5/9/2023
Author: Esther Laver
FM:280902
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