Accession No
1987.1018.3
Description
Flint point.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho
Period
?Mesolithic ?Pre-Pottery Neolithic A ?Pre-Pottery Neolithic B ?Proto-Urban ?Bronze Age
Source
British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem [donor]; Kenyon, Kathleen [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1987.1018.3; JPE 209.13 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint; Chert
Local Term
Measurements
60mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1987.1018[.1-6]: 'Specimens of flint and obsidian.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Deposit: Square E I II V - Not phased
Event Date 1952
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Jericho, excavated by Kathleen Kenyon, 1952-1958. See archive for field notebooks, distribution lists, etc. (BR6/3/1/1 – BR6/3/1/8).
Event Date 1952
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
Payne, J.C. (1983). ‘Appendix C: The Flint Industries of Jericho’. In Kenyon, K.M. and Holland, T.A. Excavations at Jericho, Vol. V: The Pottery Phases of the Tell and Others Finds. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Event Date 1983
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1987.1018[.3-4]: 'E. 209.13 - 2 objects (in separate envelopes): one point, one tanged blade/tanged arrowhead.'
Event Date 6/11/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (CMS Context)
In August 2015, Prof. Stuart Campbell and Dr Elizabeth Healey, University of Manchester, tested part of this idno using a portable XRF as part of a programme of obsidian source analysis of Middle Eastern material. The envelope containing the tested piece(s) of obsidian has been marked 'XRF Tested 2015'.
Event Date 23/3/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Flint point.
Event Date 28/7/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:299062
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