Ref NoLDGSL/690
TitleEngravings of flint hand axes from Hoxne, Suffolk
Date1797, 1861
LevelFile
Extent2 prints
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionPrints of flint hand axes, found by John Frere in Hoxne, Suffolk, engraved by James Basire, 1797, reprinted in a later publication [1861].
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ProvenancePresented to the Society by John Evans, 1860.
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LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialOriginally published in: Frere, J. "Account of Flint Weapons Discovered at Hoxne in Suffolk", 'Archeologia', vol. 13 (1800), pp204-205, but republished in: Evans, J, "Flint implements in the Drift; being an account of their discovery on the Continent and in England", 'Archaeologia', vol XXXVIII (1861), p280-307. Frere article cited in (including some of the images) see: Prestwich, J. "On the Occurrence of Flint-Implements, Associated with the Remains of Animals of Extinct Species in Beds of a Late Geological Period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne", 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', vol 150 (1860), pp277-317.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameBASIRE | James | [1730]-1802 | engraver
FRERE | John | 1740-1807 | landowner and antiquary
SubjectPalaeoanthropology
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/623FRERE; John (1740-1807); landowner and antiquary1740-1807
DS/UK/624BASIRE; James ([1730]-1802); engraver[1730]-1802
DS/UK/625EVANS; Sir; John (1823-1908); archaeologist, numismatist, and paper manufacturer1823-1908
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CodePlaceName
NA126Suffolk
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