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Description: | A Lower Palaeolithic handaxe knapped from mid brown flint. The surface of the flint is a heavily patinated cream-white colour. The axe is sub-triangular in plan, with a rounded point. The butt-end is formed from a natural, angular fracture with over 50% natural cortex surviving on the butt-end. There are covering removals of different sizes on both faces of the axe. The larger removals are from the original roughing out of the stone to create the overall shape of the axe. Semi-abrupt removals were then used to remove smaller flakes along the sides of the axe to create straight sided and thinner edges. The axe has a lenticular cross-section. In profile, the axe is widest at the butt-end and narrows towards the tip. Both surfaces are slightly convex. The axe is 185mm long, 87.05mm wide, and 50.51mm thick.
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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