File:Pestle (dorsal) (FindID 840707).jpg
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pestle (dorsal) | |||
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2017-04-05 16:37:08 |
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Title |
pestle (dorsal) |
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Description |
English: A fine-grained hammerstone or pestle, sub-rectangular in plan and section and ovate in profile. It is slightly wider at its distal end but fits comfortably in the hand however it is held and appears to have been used to exploit several of its surfaces for different purposes. The slightly flattened ventral face is pecked and uneven, suggesting use as a hammerstone; the distal end is smooth and the right side of the implement, when viewed from the ventral face, is flat and smooth, and it is likely that both of these surfaces have been used for grinding as a pestle. At the junction between the ventral face and the right side a narrow area of the surface is roughened, suggesting that this part of the tool has been used for a more deliberate pounding or grinding process. There are several plough marks on the dorsal surface and at the proximal end. The implement is made from a local beach cobble.
Ashbee (1996) illustrates similar examples of pebbles with percussion from Halangy Down on St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, which he suggests might have been used as pestles for food stuffs or hammers for woodworking or pulverising grit for tempering clay, on page 101, fig.48, nos.5 & 11, which were used in infill between Iron Age buildings and so must pre-date them. Jones & Taylor (2010) illustrate a similar hammerstone and pestle on page 122, fig.60, nos.SF226 & SF230, excavated from Late Bronze Age contexts at Scarcewater, Cornwall, radio-carbon dated to c.1000- 830 BC. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Cornwall | ||
Date | BRONZE AGE | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 840707 Old ref: CORN-2A75D1 Filename: DSCN4824.JPG |
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Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/610290 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/610290/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/840707 |
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Object location | 50° 07′ 35.04″ N, 5° 40′ 38.32″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 50.126400; -5.677310 |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON |
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Camera model | E4500 |
Exposure time | 10/1,623 sec (0.0061614294516328) |
F-number | f/3.7 |
ISO speed rating | 100 |
Date and time of data generation | 16:07, 5 April 2017 |
Lens focal length | 18.6 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer 6.1.7600.16385 |
File change date and time | 16:31, 5 April 2017 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exposure Program | Normal program |
Exif version | 2.2 |
Date and time of digitizing | 16:07, 5 April 2017 |
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Image compression mode | 4 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 2.8 APEX (f/2.64) |
Metering mode | Center weighted average |
Light source | Tungsten (incandescent light) |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Manual white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 0 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 90 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |