ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Top 10 objects from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

A total of 1,126 objects come from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, most of which are stone tools:

Class of object

Numbers of objects

Position

Tools [definite]

1,126

1

Tools or weapons

31

2

Ornaments & beads

10

3

Locks

10

3

Religious artefacts

10

3

Food

8

4

Geology

7

5

Vessels

7

5

Fire

6

6

Weapons

6

6

Writing

6

6

Agriculture

5

7

Animal Gear

5

7

Lighting

5

7

Measurement

4

8

Music

3

9

Pottery

2

10

Dwelling

1

Figures

1

Masks

1

Medicine

1

Metallurgy

1

Plant

1

Status

1

Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 94 per cent of the Hampshire collections are archaeological

Note: this is all the classes that have related objects in the Hampshire collections

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.