Object

Accession No

1976.1080.3

Description

Polished flint adze or axe blank. One side and face is smoothed, the other side and face are uneven towards the cutting edge; the cutting edge is off-centre with one face curving towards it; the platform is at the cutting edge.

Place

Europe; Northern Europe; Scandinavia; Denmark; Jutland Peninsula; Region Midtjylland; Hedensted Municipality; Tørring

Period

Mesolithic Neolithic

Source

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

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1976.1080.3

Cultural Affliation

Material

Stone; Flint

Local Term

Measurements

130mm

Events

Context (Related Documents)
Two handwritten notes found with 1976.1080.1-17; 1976.1084.1-14; and 1976.1085, reads: 'All found at Torring in Jutland, Denmark. 1923-'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Found together / assemblage)
See 1976.1084
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1976.1080[.1-17]: '.1: Whetstone .2 - .4: Neolithic axe blanks .5 - .16[sic .17]: Blades, cores, utilised pieces'

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written in black ink: 'Denmark'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
Polished flint adze or axe blank. One side and face is smoothed, the other side and face are uneven towards the cutting edge; the cutting edge is off-centre with one face curving towards it; the platform is at the cutting edge.
Event Date 26/4/2024
Author: Clare McKenna

FM:312912