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Hammer

Object

Archaeology

Production date

4000 - 2200 BC

Object number

1991.677

Physical Description

Stone hammer. Circular stone, flattened base. Round/oval. Signs of impact/use/wear around entire circumference. Slight indentation in centre on one side, a flattened surface on the other.

Object history

Hammerstones are stone cobbles held in the hand and used to strike flakes off stone in order to shape stone tools, such as handaxes. Wear on the edge of this hammerstone shows that its entire edge has been used for impact. The flattened base suggests this hammerstone was also used for grinding.

Associated Event

Associated Person

Joseph Exhall Greenhill (Archaeologist)

Dimension

Width: 92mm

On display?

No

Inscription

210 G [Greenhill collection no. 210]