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Description: | Neolithic chipped and polished flint axehead. The axehead is pointed oval in section, 155.3mm long, 62.8mm wide and 38.6mm thick; it weighs 427 grams. It has a curved cutting edge 61.8mm wide, with a finely honed edge. From the cutting edge it widens slightly to 62.8mm then both sides taper gradually towards the curved butt. The butt is also chipped to a sharp edge but is not honed by grinding and has blunting retouch towards both sides. Both sides of the axe have been ground to create flat edges, one 119.1mm by 4mm at the widest point, the other 134.1mm by 4mm. Parallel polishing grooves can been seeing running along each of these edges. Both sides of the axe show chipping and polishing. Polishing appears to have been done across the entire side, completely removing chip marks in some areas and just smoothing the arrises between chips in others. In general more polishing can be seen towards the blade and butt and down the centre of each side, less towards the edges. The edges themselves are however polished (see above). Chalk patination is concentrated in the scratches made by polishing, highlighting the direction of polish, which in most cases runs along rather than across the axe. The flint is a light brown shade and there is evidence of light chalk patination. There is also light yellow-brown silt/clay material still adhering to parts of the axe.
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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