NHER 9251 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic antler axe and animal remains, River Tiffey dredgings
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KIMBERLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1974. Stray Find.
From dredgings of River Tiffey.
?Mesolithic red deer antler 'axe'. Identified by R. Jacobi (British Museum) who took a peat sample for pollen analysis. Information from (S1). Also originally suggested as a potentially Bronze Age object. See (S2).
Also other faunal remains including red deer antlers (shed and sawn); Bos primigenius vertebra and ribs; Bos Primigenius or Longifrons scapula, tibia; sheep/goat tibia/fibula, skull and rib and sheep/goat or deer metapoidal. Identified by P. Lawrance. Information from (S3).
These discoveries were reported in (S4). The finds themselves are now held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.330).
E. Rose (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 February 2014.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Kimberley.
- <S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Kimberly.
- <S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S4> SNF2500 Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 5.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (3)
- WORKED OBJECT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
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Record last edited
Feb 25 2014 9:03AM