Accession No

1916.138.11


Description

Stone tool. Scraper.


Place

Europe; British Isles; Channel Islands; Jersey; La Cotte St Brelade


Period

Palaeolithic


Source

Société Jersiaise [excavator]; Marrett, T. R. [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1916.138.11


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Card reads: "Described as 'a representative set of stone implements and stones (50 specimens) and 1 sample cave floor (fouilles T.R.Marett; see Archaeologia 62, 63, 67.).'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
The British Association for the Advancement of Science commissioned excavations at La Cotte de St Brelade in 1910, 1911 and 1914-1915. The excavations were led by the Société Jesiase and T. R. Marett. It is unclear which of these seasons these objects belong to.
Event Date 1910
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (References)
Marrett, T. R. (1911) Pleistocene Man in Jersey. in Archaeologia vol. 62, II. pp. 449-480
Event Date 1911
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (References)
Marrett, T. R. (1912) Further Observations on Prehistoric Man in Jersey. in Archaeologia vol. 63. pp. 202-430
Event Date 1912
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (References)
Marrett, T. R. (1915) The Site, Fauna, and Industry of La Cotte de St. Brelade, Jersey. in Archaeologia vol. 67. pp. 74-118
Event Date 1915
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1916.138[.1-51]: '15 flakes and fragments, 3 ' Mousterian' points, 6 side scrapers, 15 retouched flakes (including Levallois), 4 irregular fragments with utilised edge and 3 pebbles, 1 elongated.'
Event Date 1916
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
N.B. Nos 41, 43, 45, 46, 47 and 51 were missing in 1921
Event Date 1921
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Description given by Jessica Owen 8/2/2024: 'Stone tool. Scraper.'
Event Date 9/2/2024
Author: Lily Stancliffe


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