NHER 36533 (Find Spot record) - Possible Mesolithic bone harpoon
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG24SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH SEA, -, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Around 1950. Stray Find.
Found by fisherman off the coast of Trimingham at approximately TG 28 40:
1 Mesolithic barbed bone point. See digital photograph.
Identified by R. Jacobi (BM), see description in file.
Subsequently added to NMR - ID 1449593 (S1).
This discovery was report in (S2). See (S3) for discussion of the early prehistory of the North Sea.
K. Hinds (NLA) 4 December 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 July 2014.
January 2007.
In January 2007 it was reported that R. Jacobi was now of the opinion that this object was a fake. No reasons were given other than that "it does not work as an artefact". See copy of email correspondence in file.
Given that Jacobi's original report raised no doubt regarding the authenticity of this object, if it is a hoax it is an elaborate one.
D. Gurney (NLA) 9 February 2007.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- --- SNF49259 Photograph: NLA. 2001. Finds Photograph. Polaroid.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF66297 Unpublished Document: National Monuments Record. 2006. NMR Number TG 24 SE 14.
- <S2> SNF87987 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2002. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk, 2001. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt I pp 149-162. p 150.
- <S3> SNF53809 Article in Serial: Coles, B. J. 1998. Doggerland: a Speculative Survey. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 64 pp 45-81. pp 45-81.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HARPOON (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
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Record last edited
Sep 11 2014 8:57PM