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List of Objects

Telling a history of our world through objects

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Time Periods

10000 BC - 4000 BC

  1. Kent's Cavern Modern Human Jawbone Kent's Cavern Modern Human Jawbone KC4 Three teeth in an upper jawbone (maxilla) discovered in the Vestibule of Kents Cavern by Atthur Ogilvie in 1927 Contributed by Museum
  2. Ain Sakhri lovers figurine Ain Sakhri lovers figurine The world's earliest representation of a couple having sex. This figure is about 11,000 years old. Contributed by The British Museum
  3. a stone age thumbnail scraper a stone age thumbnail scraper This is from the dawn of civilisation in Britain when stone tools, some of increadable beauty like a leaf arrowhead or ... Contributed by Individual
  4. The most important development.(plow) The most important development.(plow) The presence of plow agriculture and settled life, the most important development Contributed by Individual
  5. Flint Knife Flint Knife Ice Age tribes used these for butchery. Contributed by Individual
  6. Funeral mask Funeral mask This mask was a present from the owner's husband who was an Egyptologist in 1969. It was authenticated by the British ... Contributed by Individual
  7. Jomon pot Jomon pot One of the earliest pots in the world, made to boil food by hunter gatherers in Japan about 7,000 years ago Contributed by The British Museum
  8. Bird-shaped pestle Bird-shaped pestle Bird-shaped pestle used by early farming communities in Papua New Guinea, more than 4,000 years ago. Contributed by The British Museum
  9. Mesolithic obliquely-blunted point flint Mesolithic obliquely-blunted point flint This piece of worked flint (possibly an arrowhead) was found by Mr B.R. Kearsley whilst walking his dog in Belton ... Contributed by Individual
  10. Mosside hoard Mosside hoard In the late 19th century, the famous antiquarian and collector W.J. Knowles found a remarkable collection of 34 pointed ... Contributed by Museum
  11. Neolithic polshed stone axe Neolithic polshed stone axe Excavated in garden (by badgers! )on 1 Sep.09. Unusual softness of material indicates that it may have been made for ... Contributed by Individual
  12. 10,000 year old Flint Hand Axe 10,000 year old Flint Hand Axe Mr Evans found this object whilst feeding his chickens in Kesgrave, Suffolk, and took it along to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Suffolk event ... Contributed by Individual
  13. Axe from Old Newton, Suffolk Axe from Old Newton, Suffolk Peter Robinson was digging in his garden and found a flint axe believed to have been made 6,000 years ago. It was ... Contributed by Individual
  14. Decorated Beads from Kendrick's Cave Decorated Beads from Kendrick's Cave These beads are made of deer and wild cattle teeth. They are all decorated and may have been worn as a necklace. Contributed by Museum
  15. STONE AGE CUTTING/SCRAPING TOOL STONE AGE CUTTING/SCRAPING TOOL I FOUND IT ABOUT THREE FEET DOWN IN THE BACK GARDEN IN BROCKLEY WHEN I WAS DIGGING A POND Contributed by Individual
  16. Prehistoric flint hand axe Prehistoric flint hand axe This piece reminds me of how advanced we have become since the early days of mankind when flint provided a means to ... Contributed by Individual
  17. Stone arrowheads and tools Stone arrowheads and tools When travelling in Africa in 1989 we spent a day marooned in a sandstorm in the Sahel near Agadez in Niger. A group of ... Contributed by Individual
  18. A prehistoric tool A prehistoric tool It is man-made from sandstone, poss. a portable grinding tool, when the Sahara was a savannah. Nothing like it has been ... Contributed by Individual
  19. Two Prehistoric Flint Sundials Two Prehistoric Flint Sundials Prehistoric Time Measuring Artifacts unearthed in South West Leicestershire. Over the years a number of prehistoric ... Contributed by Individual
  20. Stone Axe or Hand Axe from South Ireland Stone Axe or Hand Axe from South Ireland Found by two pensioners struggling up a wooded slope from a river - tugged some bushes for support - dislodged some ... Contributed by Individual
  21. Spearheads from the empty quarter Spearheads from the empty quarter In the 1950's my father Robert Sinclair, worked as a surveyor for an American Oil company, Robert H Ray & Co. He ... Contributed by Individual
  22. cutting tool knapped from flint cutting tool knapped from flint I initially thought that this was a broken hand-axe, probably late Paleolithic, however when I started to hold and ... Contributed by Individual

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