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Description: | Incomplete greenstone or epidiorite axehead which will be petrologically analysed under the auspices of the Southwest Implement Petrology Committee. About half of the axe remains, including the blade end, and the recorder cannot be sure from the broken end how long the axe originally was. Straight-sided in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and oval in section.
The greenstone is typical of that found in the west of Cornwall from known outcrops and contains pale felspars and dark amphibole, probably hornblende, inclusions (Dr. Roger Taylor pers comm). The axehead will hopefully be cored and thin sectioned by Dr. Jens Andersen at Camborne School of Mines so that its petrological group and potential source can be ascertained.
Similar examples have been excavated from the Neolithic settlement at Carn Brea and are illustrated in Mercer (1981) on page 155, Fig.64, Nos.S3 & S6. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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