|
Date: |
|
Description: | Neolithic (3500-2100BC) polished axe head, knapped from dark brown flint. The axe is incomplete, with a break across the body and the cutting end surviving. The surface of the axe is not fully polished, leaving some scaring along the edges of the axe from the shaping process. The cutting edge is in good condition, with no sign of wear or damage. Where the axe has been broken in half, it has left a curved edge and a hinged termination. There is also a fracture in the flint across the width of the axe at this broken end, and fracture lines can be seen extending from either end of this towards the blade end. If these fracture lines had continues to the cutting edge, this upper surface of the axe would have been removed. The surviving section of the axe has a double convex cross section (oval with pointed ends). The surface of the axe has a slight light grey repatination towards the cutting end, however there is no repatination on the broken edge. The surviving fragment is 69.74mm long, 75.36mm wide, 37.14mm thick at the broken end, and 69.25mm wide at the blade end. It weighs 225.87 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
Axe
Neolithic (3500-2100BC) polished axe head,…
-
Axe
Neolithic (3500-2100BC) polished axe head,…
-
AXE
Neolithic (3500-2100BC) polished axe head,…
-
AXE
Neolithic (3500-2100BC) polished axe head,…
-
AXE
Neolithic (3500-2100BC) polished axe head,…
-
Axe
Neolithic (3500-2100BC) polished axe head,…
-
AXE
Incomplete polished flint axe of…
-
AXE
Incomplete polished flint axe of…
-
AXE
An incomplete and re-worked polished…
|