Accession No
1976.286.1 D
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 D
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:327334
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