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Description: | A complete flaked flint axehead, measuring 159mm in length, 67.5mm in maximum width and 32mm in maximum thickness. This axehead has all-over bifacial working with controlled deep shallow flaking. There are single patches of thin off-white/pale brown cortex in the centre of each face.
The butt of this axehead is tapered and the blade is almost square with a central concave hollow, possibly created through use damage. It has a lenticular cross-section. There is no trace of a polish on the axehead. A few small edge chips reveal medium to pale grey flint (possibly a patination?) under the medium to dark brown surface staining.
This axehead compares very closely to axeheads of a hoard (of three) from Carlton Colville, Suffolk, which are Neolithic in date. This axehead is also most likely to be Neolithic in date and was found within 100m of a second flaked axehead (see SMR HGH 024 and SF-8D9514). | Subjects: | axehead | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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