Accession No
2003.20 C
Description
Mounted textile sample: labelled "geftechte": ?
Place
Europe; Western Europe; Switzerland; Lake Pfäffikon; Robenhausen
Period
?Neolithic
Source
?Foster, Walter Kidman [collector and bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2003.20 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Analysis)
Collection of environmental samples from Swiss lake dwelling sites. Not clear which sites these samples are from, they were probably collected in the late 1800s and it is not known how long they have been in the museum. Mounted on glass, this is labelled "Robenhausen. Jakob Messikommer in Wetzikon Ct Zurich".
Event Date 1/5/2003
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Mounted textile sample:
C: labelled "geftechte": ?
Event Date 1/5/2003
Author: maa
Context (References)
Leckie, Katherine. (2011). ‘Chapter 4: Storehouses of Ancient Relics’. In Collecting Swiss Lake Dwellings in Britain 1850-1900. Unpublished PhD. Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.
Event Date 2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Analysis)
See Leckie, p. 154 for notes on Walter Kidman Foster as the possible Source.
Event Date 6/1/2012
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:312533
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