Accession No
TEMP.01868.5
Description
Polished bone tool, possible an awl, tapering to a sharp end; cut marks and cracks on surface.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Gibraltar; ?Gorham's Cave
Period
?Mesolithic ?Neolithic
Source
?Duckworth, Wynfrid Laurence Henry [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01868.5; MAA: No number 24; UNID: 130896
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
85mm
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
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in box in Shorts with specimens from Gorham's Cave.
Event Date 15/9/2000
Author: maa
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 (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, possible an awl, tapering to a sharp end; cut marks and cracks on surface.
Event Date 27/3/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:299111
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