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Description: | A Neolithic stone axe head (3500-2100BC). The axe head has a curved cutting edge (width: 71.22mm) and the axe head then narrows towards the butt (width: 32.56mm). Both faces are convex. The cutting edge is worn and notched, through use, on one side from the midpoint to one edge. There is also a zone of 'polishing', again through use, approximately 13mm wide running parallel to the cutting edge. The stone is an igneous low silica rock, beween gabbro and coarse-grained dolorite in terms of grain size. This is not natural to the southeast area so therefore has been imported into the area (Dale Johnson identified the rock). The stone has weathered considerably since it has been worked. Dimensions: length: 109.30mm; width: 71.22mm; thickness: 33.79mm; weight: 351g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sumnall, Kate - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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