Prehistoric British Neolithic to Iron Age Quartzite Saddle Quern Grinding Stone 

Description: Broad Period: Circa. 4000BC - 500BC. Field Context: Late Bronze Age into Celtic Iron Age - recovered 100 yards from Ring Ditch known to be of this broad date. Physical Details: Size: height. 95 mm [3.74"]. width. 117 [4.61"] mm. thickness. 110 mm [4.3"]. Weight: 1691 grams [3lb. 12oz]. Description: A large Quartzite cobble and a probably marine fossil reminant repurposed in prehistory and used as a grinding stone for a cereal saddle Quern. The stone shows clear signs of wear, where it has been repeatedly used as a double-handed quern stone. This wear can be appreciated by smooth polished surface striations which have worn away the reminant fossil inclusions. Provenance: Recovered field walking autumn 2024 in on the northern Cambridgeshire Fenedge. The stone was found close to a known Iron Age settlement site which, was previously occupied in the Bronze Age. NB* please note... due to significant postal service increased costs my domestic and international costs have increased incrementally, I DO NOT make profit within these costs - thank you . Reference material and further reading: Where possible ancientartifactsmay be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection: British Artefacts Vol.1, 2 and 3:Brett Hammond [Greenlight Publishing 2010]: Celtic & Roman Artefacts:Nigel Mills[Greenlight Publishing 2007]: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome:Mary Beard [Profile Books 2015]: 50 Bronze Age Artefacts: Portable Antiquities Scheme:Dot Boughton [Amberley Publishing 2021]: Pottery in Britain 4000BC to AD 1900:Lloyd Laing [Greenlight Publishing 2003]: British Iron Age Coins In The British Museum:Richard Hobbs [British Museum 1996]: Swords of The Viking Age:Ian Peirce: [The Boydell Press 2003]: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Volume 85:[Cambridge University Press 2019]. Mesolithic Europe:Geoff Bailey / Penny Spikins [Cambridge University Press 2008] Viking Art:James Graham-Campbell: [Thames & Hudson, London 2018] Roman Coins Vol. 1, 2 & 3:David R Sear: [Spink London 2000]: The Roman Cavalry:Karen R. Dixon: [B. . Batsford 1997]: Romes Saxon Shore: CoastalDefensesof Roman Britain AD 250 500:Nic Fields [Osprey Publishing 2006]: Amulets of Ancient Egypt:Carol Andrews: [University of Texas Press / British Museum Press 1994]: The Uniforms of the Roman World: Military dress, weapons, artillery, ships, siege engines and fortifications:Kevin F. Killey: [Anness Publishing 2017]: Where possible finger rings may be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection: Victorian and Albert Museum CATALOGUE OF FINGER RINGS 1930:C.C.Oman [Anglia Publishing. 1991 Now out of print]: Finger Rings:Diana Scarisbrick / Martin Henig: [Ashmolean Museum Oxford. 2003]: Ancient Rings An Illustrated Collectors Guide:T. N. Polio: [McFarland & Co Inc.2018: 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments of the Hand:Le Van, Marthe; Ebendorf, Robert [W: Lark Books 2004]: Copyright Ancient Pasts 2024 | All rights reserv

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