Accession No

1976.463.1


Description

Flaked axe possibly tranchet axe of Grand Pressigny brown flint; rectangular in shape; with platform, traces of use on the cutting edge, and worked edges.


Place

Europe; Western Europe; France; Indre-et-Loire; Grand Pressigny; Claisiers


Period

Neolithic Chalcolithic


Source

Burkitt, Miles Crawford [collector]; Burkitt, M. M. [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1976.463.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements

92mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: Claisiers, near Grand Pressigny
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1976.463.1-3: 'Three flint flake tools: 1 fabricator, 1 tranchet axe, 1 ground axe fragment'.
Event Date 11/11/1994
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Flaked axe possibly tranchet axe of Grand Pressigny brown flint; rectangular in shape; with platform, traces of use on the cutting edge, and worked edges.
Event Date 10/4/2024
Author: Ikram Ghabriel


FM:311958

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