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Description: | Complete Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe. The axe is ovate, being oval in plan and section and is bifacial, having been worked on both faces. It has a twisted '?S'? profile. The surfaces of the flint have stained a creamy colour with large patches of orange, though the cutting edges (now blunt) reveal the inner flint to be light grey. The complete circumference of the flint is worked and flake removal is clear on one side. The opposing side is more worn and signs of production are less clear. The axe is 87.16mm long, 70.32mm wide, 23.92mm thick and weighs 182.54g. The twisted profile and ovate form are typical of axes found at Swanscombe. It dates from 500,000 to 40,000BC. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -500000
-40000 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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