Accession No
1926.125 E
Description
One bag of earth, cinder and charcoal in clumped and powder form. Removed from its glass jar with cork top.
Place
Europe; Western Europe; France; Brittany; Morbihan; Melrand; Locmariaquer
Period
?Neolithic
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Aveneau de la Grancière, Paul (Comte) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1926.125 E
Cultural Affliation
Material
Earth; Cinder; Charcoal
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2 for 1926.125 [A-E]: '1926.125.1: (1-14) Potsherds (15-17) quartz pebbles
1926.125.2: Small stone axe
1926.125.3: Stone object
1926.125.4: Stone object
1926.125.5: Glass jar with earth sample'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought by the donor from the collection of the Comte Aveneau de la Granciere, Lot 6.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
Glass jar with red sticker '5'.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Related Documents)
Old hand-written note written in French reads: '5. - Tumulus de Mottenic, pres Locmaria, en Melrand (Molbihan).- Terre, cendies et charbon.'
[Translation]: '5.- Tumulus of Mottenic, near Locmaria, in Melrand (Molbihan).- Earth, cinder and charcoal.'
It has also been photographed.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Field collection)
Found: Tumulus of Mottenic. Collected by Paul Aveneau de la Granciere.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1 for 1926.125 [A-E]: '1926.125.1,3,4: Stone and pottery objects
1926.125.2: Small polished celt
1926.125.5: Earth, cinder and charcoal'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Old label affixed to piece of cardboard reads: 'Lot 6. Fouille du Tumulus de Mottenic, près de Locmaria en Melrand (Morbihan). Voir. Bull. Soc. Polymathique du Morbihan, année 1902. - p380'
[Translation:] 'Lot 6. Excavation of the Mottenic Tumulus, near Locmaria en Melrand (Morbihan). See Bulletin of the Polymathic Society of Morbihan, year 1902. - p.380'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (References)
(1902). Bulletin de la Société Polymathique du Morbihan. p. 380
Event Date 1902
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
One bag of earth, cinder and charcoal in clumped and powder form. Removed from its glass jar with cork top.
Event Date 10/4/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:311948
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