Accession No

TEMP.01868.2


Description

Polished bone tool, possibly an awl, tapering to a sharp end.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Gibraltar; ?Gorham's Cave


Period

?Mesolithic ?Neolithic


Source

?Duckworth, Wynfrid Laurence Henry [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.01868.2; MAA: No number 24; UNID: 130896


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

104mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
A card with these specimens says 'Probably Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar. Removed from 1947 vintage box addressed to Dorothy Garrod. PLC June '78'.
Event Date 6/1978
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Description for TEMP.01868.1-35: 'Bone tools - points of varying sizes and types.'
Event Date 15/9/2000
Author: maa


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in box in Shorts with specimens from Gorham's Cave.


Event Date 15/9/2000
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
Previously assigned the number 'No Number 24' but has now been given a TEMP accession number.
Event Date 29/07/2022
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
One bone point.
Event Date 1/8/2022
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Polished bone tool, possibly an awl, tapering to a sharp end.
Event Date 27/3/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:299108

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