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Description: | Neolithic flint 'chipped' axehead, 159mm x 51mm x 32mm.The patina is milky-white and c.20% of a grey cortex survives on the surface. Traces of iron staining are also visible.The axehead is somewhat flatter on one side than the other, rising to a max height of c.13mm from the outside edge, while the other surface rises to 23mm.A chip at the wider end (the cutting edge) shows a yellowy-brown colour, while a chip on the edge near the opposite end shows a black colour. These both show the transition of the patination, which covers the surface with age. The latter being the colour of freh flint, the former that of not-so-fresh flint. The milky white colour shows that the flint has been exposed for many, many years.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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