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Description: | Incomplete flint axehead of Neolithic date (3500 BC ?? 2100 BC). One end of the axe survives the remainder is lost to an old break. This is probably the butt end and represents about one third of unusually large axe. The butt is rounded and the sides taper outward from the butt. It is pointed oval in section, thickening from the flat butt to the break. The axe was shaped with large, invasive shallow flakes then smaller shallow scaler retouch covering the entire surface of both sides. It is 83.4mm long, 75.9mm wide and 40.8mm thick; it weighs 229.4 grams. Flaked axes were used as tools throughout the Neolithic but this could also be a knapped pre-form for a polished axe, which might explain it unusually large size. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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