Accession No

TEMP.01870 H


Description

Worked stone with a retouched edge, possibly a saw. Reddish-purple in colour with cortex present.


Place

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


Period

?Mesolithic ?Neolithic


Source

?Duckworth, Wynfrid Laurence Henry [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.01870 H; MAA: No number 26; UNID: 130898


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint; ?Quartzite


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Find information: F & H = sand stratum
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A red stone ?saw.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Context (Related Documents)
A card with TEMP.01870 A-H reads: '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)
Flakes, blades and scrapers of varying sizes and colours including a red stone ?saw and 2 fine pale greenish-white blades.
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 26' but has now been given a TEMP accession number.
Event Date 29/07/2022
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Worked stone with a retouched edge, possibly a saw. Reddish-purple in colour with cortex present.
Event Date 27/3/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:299166

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