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  • replica

    replica, tool / implement, point, cast

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    replica

    replica, tool / implement, point, cast

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    cast of Font Robert point, the original was excavated from Pin Hole Cave between 1924 and 1938, it is probably early upper paleolithic, 26000 to 30000 years old. Font-Robert point named after a cave site near Brive in the Corrèze region of France. It could have been used as a knife or scarper.

    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH1
    Number of items
    1
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Condition
    good
    Notes
    broken and glued together
    Material
    plaster of paris
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    C/35/5'6"
    on object PH E/62/3'6"
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.
  • replica

    replica, tool / implement, handaxe

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    replica, tool / implement, handaxe

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    handaxes were multi purpose tools, probably from the Mousterian period, which is associated with Neanderthal people, who lived there from 45000 to 50000 years ago

    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH2
    Number of items
    1
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Type
    mousterian
    Condition
    fair
    Notes
    can see moulding line
    Material
    plaster of paris
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    C/35/5'6"
    on object PH C/35/5'6"
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.
  • replica

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    replica

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    scraper used for preparing skins, that was excavated from Pin Hole Cave and the original is now housed at Manchester Museum

    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH3
    Number of items
    1
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Condition
    fair
    Notes
    bit of red/brown colour on cast
    Classification types
    scraper
    end scraper
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    "labelled F29 (22) 1902 which presumably refers to Garrod 1926" information from card
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.
  • replica

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    later upper palaeolithic

    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH4
    Number of items
    1
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Type
    later upper
    Condition
    poor
    Notes
    can see cast line; broken and glued together again
    Material
    plaster of paris
    Classification types
    point
    pen knife point
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    64/5'
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.
  • replica

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    early upper palaeolithic,

    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH5
    Number of items
    1
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Type
    early upper
    Condition
    poor
    Notes
    bit of green on object
    Classification types
    point
    laurel leaf point
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    C/37/2'-5
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.
  • replica

    replica, tool / implement

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    later upper palaeolithic

    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH6
    Number of items
    2
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Type
    later upper
    Condition
    poor
    Notes
    broken into 3 pieces; 2 glued together
    Classification types
    point
    creswell point
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    unprovenanced
    64/5'
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.
  • replica

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    mousterian handaxe; cast supplied from Manchester Museum Pin Hole Collection

    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH7
    Number of items
    1
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Type
    later upper
    Condition
    fair
    Classification types
    handaxe
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    F/8'9"/63
    (P8)
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.
  • replica

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    early upper palaeolithic point

    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH8
    Number of items
    1
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Type
    early upper
    Condition
    fair
    Classification types
    point
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    66/9'
    (P8)
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.
  • replica

    replica, tool / implement

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    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH9
    Number of items
    1
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Condition
    fair
    Classification types
    scraper
    end scraper
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    P/49/5'
    repeated on cast
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.
  • replica

    replica, tool / implement

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    Object details
    Identity number
    CWCHT:PH10
    Number of items
    1
    Period
    palaeolithic
    Condition
    fair
    Notes
    illegible writing on object
    broken in 2; glued together
    Classification types
    blade
    Acquisition details
    Date acquired
    1st October 1977
    Method
    reproduction
    Field collection details
    Method
    excavation
    Notes
    B/31.13"
    6" under stal
    Where it was found
    County
    Derbyshire
    Parish
    Whitwell
    Place name
    Creswell Crags
    Site name
    Pin Hole Cave
    Who found it
    People
    Armstrong, A.L.