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Description: | Palaeolithic Acheulian handaxe knapped from very light brown-orange flint. The cordate axe is bifacial, with covering removals on both surfaces to form the shape. There is no cortex remaining on the surface. The surface is very worn and abraded. Acheulian had axes usually date from the lower Palaeolithic, but occasionally can be of a middle Palaeolithic date. The axe is 126.14mm long, 78.62mm wide and 32.62mm thick. | Subjects: | Acheulian Handaxe | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McLean, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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