Prehistoric British Neolithic Flint Hammer / Mace Stone – Fossilised Echinoid For Sale

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Prehistoric British Neolithic Flint Hammer / Mace Stone – Fossilised Echinoid:
$162.29

Chronology:Broad Period: New Stone Age - Neolithic:

SpecificCirca: 4800 - 2500 BC – Doggerland Salt – Marsh:

Dimensionsand weight:

Diametre[upon the oval]. 91 mm x 104 mm:

Height:71 mm:

Weight:762 grams:

Description:

Thisis likelyafossilised Echinocorys, atypeechinoid [seaurchin]which, has a naturally occurring oval doomed spherical form: Thecreature existed in the Cretaceous period 144 – 66 million yearsago: It has however, been modified by modern-humans in theprehistoric Neolithic era: It is unclear to me if this tool was handheld or hafted, the underside recessed cylindrical cavity, appears toshow flint modification via percussion knapping and cortexmodification: It may have been hafted upon a wooden branch junctionor Red Deer antler: Unfortunately we may never known the outer surfaces are highly polished and the front striking doomclearly shows impact and grinding wear evidence of impact strikingwith external erosion of the outer cortex:

Provenance:OriginalFinder

RecoveredupontheFenedge in Northern Cambridgeshire along a length of ancient dry riverbed:This area of land would once have been a salt- marsh with possibletidal flooding from time to time at the time when thistoolwasin use:Interestingly I have recovered a number of tools in thegeneral area suggesting possible semi-permanent seasonal occupation:

Reference material and further reading:

Where possible ancientartifactsmay be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection:

• British Artefacts Vol.1, 2 and 3:Brett Hammond [Greenlight Publishing 2010]:

• Celtic & Roman Artefacts:Nigel Mills[Greenlight Publishing 2007]:

• SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome:Mary Beard [Profile Books 2015]:

• 50 Bronze Age Artefacts: Portable Antiquities Scheme:Dot Boughton [Amberley Publishing 2021]:

• Pottery in Britain 4000BC to AD 1900:Lloyd Laing [Greenlight Publishing 2003]:

• British Iron Age Coins In The British Museum:Richard Hobbs [British Museum 1996]:

• Swords of The Viking Age:Ian Peirce: [The Boydell Press 2003]:

• Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Volume 85:[Cambridge University Press

  2019]

• Mesolithic Europe:Geoff Bailey / Penny Spikins [Cambridge University Press 2008]

• Viking Art:James Graham-Campbell: [Thames & Hudson, London 2018]

• Roman Coins Vol. 1, 2 & 3:David R Sear: [Spink London 2000]:

• The Roman Cavalry:Karen R. Dixon: [B. . Batsford 1997]:

• Rome’s Saxon Shore: CoastalDefensesof Roman Britain AD 250 – 500:Nic Fields [Osprey Publishing 2006]:

• Amulets of Ancient Egypt:Carol Andrews: [University of Texas Press / British Museum Press 1994]:

• The Uniforms of the Roman World: Military dress, weapons, artillery, ships, siege engines and fortifications:Kevin F. Killey: [Anness Publishing 2017]:

Where possible finger rings may be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection:

• Victorian and Albert Museum CATALOGUE OF FINGER RINGS 1930:C.C.Oman [Anglia Publishing. 1991 – Now out of print]:

• Finger Rings:Diana Scarisbrick / Martin Henig: [Ashmolean Museum Oxford. 2003]:

• Ancient Rings An Illustrated Collectors Guide:T. N. Polio: [McFarland & Co Inc.2018:

• 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments of the Hand:Le Van, Marthe; Ebendorf, Robert [W: Lark Books 2004]:

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