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Description: | Approximately one half of an ovate handaxe of lower Palaeolithic date (c.-500,000 to -180,000). The implement has been shaped on both convex sides by the removal of transverse flakes. There is also some evidence for retouching around the edges. It has been broken transversely across the middle, probably during antiquity. The flint is yellowish-orange in colour and is heavily weathered. It measures 77mm long by 75.8mm wide and weighs 143.04g. The thickest part is at the centre where it is 21.7mm. It tapers in thickness towards the narrow end. It was found in close proximity to a stream and with other worked flints of a similar period.
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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