Top 10 objects from Dorset
There is a total of 514 objects from Dorset in the Pitt Rivers Museum's collections of which most are classified as ornaments and beads, relating to technique, and tools (principally stone tools). One of the more specific to Dorset types of objects is the 'Kimmeridge Coal Money', classified under Currency:
|
Class of object |
Numbers of objects |
Position |
|
Tools [definite] |
251 |
1 |
|
Ornaments & beads |
173 |
2 |
|
Technique |
169 |
3 |
|
Currency |
73 |
4 |
|
Specimens |
71 |
5 |
|
Locks |
33 |
6 |
|
Dwelling |
21 |
7 |
|
Lighting |
18 |
8 |
|
Tools or weapons |
17 |
9 |
|
Pottery |
14 |
10 |
|
Textiles |
14 |
10 |
|
Geology |
13 |
|
|
Weapons |
12 |
|
|
Vessels |
11 |
|
|
Animalia |
8 |
|
|
Food |
8 |
|
|
Boxes |
7 |
|
|
Basketry |
6 |
|
|
Religious artefacts |
6 |
|
|
Toilet |
5 |
|
|
Clothing |
3 |
|
|
Fire |
2 |
|
|
Fishing |
2 |
|
|
Insignia |
2 |
|
|
Animal Gear |
1 |
|
|
Death |
1 |
|
|
Models |
1 |
|
|
Narcotic |
1 |
|
|
Physical Anthropology |
1 |
|
|
Pictures |
1 |
|
|
Punishment & Torture |
1 |
|
|
Transport |
1 |
|
|
Writing |
1 |
Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 87 per cent of the Dorset collections are archaeological.
You are reminded that all artefacts can be classified as more than one type or class, a drinking cup is classified as both a Vessel and Food.