ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Top 10 objects from Surrey

There are a total of 1,471 objects from Surrey, 1,154 of which are (stone) tools:

Class of object

Number of objects

Position

Tools [definite]

1,154

1

Geology

222

2

Specimens

221

3

Boxes

218

4

Pottery

36

5

Vessels

28

6

Lighting

16

7

Fire

15

8

Writing

15

8

Weapons

9

9

Religion

7

10

Tools or weapons

7

10

Death

6

Food

4

Figures

3

Locks

3

Animalia

2

Clothing

2

Dwelling

2

Measurement

2

Toy & Game

2

Animal Gear

1

Carving

1

Hunting

1

Plant

1

Technique

1

Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 82 per cent of the Surrey 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.