| Ref No | LDGSL/690 |
| Title | Engravings of flint hand axes from Hoxne, Suffolk |
| Date | 1797, 1861 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 2 prints |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Prints 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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| Provenance | Presented to the Society by John Evans, 1860. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | Originally 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. |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | BASIRE | James | [1730]-1802 | engraver |
| FRERE | John | 1740-1807 | landowner and antiquary |
| Subject | Palaeoanthropology |