'Manx Stone Axehead Project'
Date(s): September 2010
Creator(s): Barrs, Kate
Scope & Content: Illustrated dissertation submitted for Masters degree in Manx Studies, Centre for Manx Studies, University of Liverpool. The dissertation examines the contextual, morphological and petrological characteristics of the axes found on the Isle of Man, in order to help increase understanding of the Island’s significance within the Irish Sea region during the later Neolithic period. There are 45 axes in the Manx Museum Collection they were thin sectioned as part of the study. Chapters covered: historiography, Manx Neolithic research, methology, data, list of Manx roughened and truncated axe heads (RTBAs) studied.
Language: English
Extent: 1 volume
Physical description: printout from email pdf attachment
Item name: dissertation
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 13069
Record class: Private
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