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 Unpublished PhD.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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