Accession No
1935.204 B
Description
Pointed microlith, obliquely retouched to a point at the distal end and blunted on the proximal end. Broad, right-angled trapeze. Possibly a harpoon barb.
Place
Europe; Western Europe; Netherlands; Holland; South Holland; Budel
Period
Mesolithic Tardenoisian
Source
Butter, J. [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1935.204 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
13mm x 3mm x 18mm
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
The original catalogue card records only 2 trapezes, but there appears to be 1 more than the number in the accession catalogue. 'C might be the missing trapeze from 1935.203.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1935.204 A-B: '2 typical asymmetrical trapezes from the late Tardenoisian site of Budel. The form is peculiarly characteristic of this stage of the Tardenoisian in Holland, Belgium, France and Germany.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description by Lara Anne Tyrrell for student artefact report: 'Pointed microlith, obliquely retouched to a point at the distal end and blunted on the proximal end. Broad, right-angled trapeze. Possibly a harpoon barb.'
Event Date 19/5/2008
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:327492
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