Accession No
1958.195.34-634
Description
Blade; Core; Scraper - A large number (634 specimens) of flint implements of various types including backed blades, cores, scrapers, end scrapers etc.
Place
Europe; France; Commune de Marquay; Masnaigre
Period
Palaeolithic Upper Aurignacian Late
Source
Bourlon, Maurice. (Captain) [excavator]; Burkitt, M. C. [collector; donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1958.195.34-634; C.325; C.335; C.162; 56; C.215; C.151
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
From level 1.
Excavated by Bourlon.Maurice
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1958.195[.1-634]: 'A large number (634 specimens) of flint implements of various types including backed blades, cores, scrapers, end scrapers etc.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Bourlon, M. 1913. Station prehistorique de Masnaigre, Commune de Marquay (Dordogne): Essai de stratigraphie de l’aurignacient. Revue Athropologique. (site report)
Event Date 1913
Author: Chloe Pearce
Context (CMS Context)
Some of the flints have labels affixed which read one of the following: '56', '10'.
Event Date 7/6/2013
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
Some of the flints have been marked with one of the following: 'C.162', 'C.325', 'C.335', 'C.151', 'C.215' in red ink.
Event Date 7/6/2013
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description ()
Some flints have been marked either 'Masn.1', '1.Masn.1' or 'Masnaigre.1' in black ink.
Event Date 7/6/2013
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Amendments / updates)
Source updated to 'Bourlon, Maurice. (Captain) [excavator]; Burkitt, M. C. [collector; donor]' where it had originally stated 'Burkitt, M. C.'.
Event Date 15/1/2025
Author: Chloe Pearce
Context (Amendments / updates)
Collection of excavation year updated to '?1909' based on excavation start date noted in 1913 publication.
Event Date 15/1/2025
Author: Chloe Pearce
Context (Amendments / updates)
IDNo suffix updated from '.8-634' to '.9-634' to accommodate new object found in material from 2010 de-installation from Clarke Gallery (see object 1958.195.8).
Event Date 15/1/2025
Author: Chloe Pearce
FM:326966
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