Accession No

Z 15142.45


Description

Flake with hinge fracture. Large platform. Utilisation possible but very minor.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Surrey; Farnham


Period

Lower Palaeolithic


Source

Bury, Henry [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 15142.45; 1079 [Bury Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Flint


Local Term


Measurements

109mm x 31mm x 87mm Weight 0.267kg


Events

Context (Field collection)
Markings on the object seem to relate to the site of collection but further research is needed. Information is probably recorded in Bury's M.S. kept in Farnham.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 15142: 'Flint implements' and in a later hand '45 x Flake tools. Many are clearly retouched, some notched. Includes flake-blades and side scrapers.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: '1079 Tce B Mg. ? Of gravel Upper middle'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (References)
Information about Henry Bury's collection can be found in: Oakley, K. P., W. F. Rankine and A. W. G. Lowther (1939) A Survey of the Prehistory of the Farnham District (Surrey).Surrey Archaeological Society, volume 5, issue 2.
Event Date 12/1939
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Other owners)
A note on the catalogue card for Z 15142, signed DAR [D. Roe] and dated April 1965, reads: 'Most of these are from the Henry Bury Collection, of which the major part is at the Willmer House Museum, Farnham, Surrey, and selected material at the Geological Museum, Exhibition Road, S. Kensington. Bury's own M.S. catalogue, in which all the numbers marked by him on these flints should be traceable is with the material at Farnham.'
Event Date 5/1965
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Rosemary Hooker and Christopher Taylor (2019): 'Flake with hinge fracture. Large platform. Utilisation possible but very minor.'
Event Date 22/1/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Analysis)
Rosemary Hooker and Chris Tayler examined this object on 22 January 2019 on behalf of Farnham Museum, as part of a survey of Henry Bury's collection. They generated a spreadsheet detailing their analysis of the collection, see Doc.437. They confirmed that all the items under Z 15142 were collected by Henry Bury, and that further details regarding their collection may be found in Bury's manuscript catalogue held by Farnham Museum.
Event Date 22/1/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau


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