Accession No

1976.286.1 C


Description

Broken flint blade.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Devon; Yealmpton


Period

?Upper Palaeolithic


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1976.286.1 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: "Was in a box marked 'Yealmpton' along with 76.28[7], Roman"
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Likely one of the 'flakes [with] a deep patina' found 'just under and about the hearth' (Burkitt 1926) of the cave site during Miles Burkitt's second excavation of the site in 1925 or early 1926, although possibly found during the first investigation in 1924 or early 1925 (see 1976.286.1 A).
Event Date 1925
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Burkitt, M. C. (1926). '5. Archaeological Notes'. Man, vol. 26 (January), pp. 10–13.
Event Date 1926
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1976.286.1 [A-E]: '7 broken flint blades.'
Event Date 1976
Author: maa


FM:327333

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