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Description: | Incomplete flint axehead or possibly adze of Neolithic date (3500 BC - 2100 BC). One end of the axe survives the remainder is lost to a rough break. This is probably the butt end and represents about half of the axe. The butt is squared with rounded corners, it may originally have been rounded but has become more square due to breaks. The sides taper outward from the butt to the break. It is pointed oval in section, thickening from the flat butt to the break. The axe was shaped with large, invasive shallow flakes then smaller shallow scaler retouch around the edges. It is 102.9mm long, 53.1mm wide and 29.7mm thick; it weighs 132 grams. Flaked axes and adze were used throughout the Neolithic and can be differentiated precisely only by the orientation of the blade; however the wideness and thickness may suggest a flat 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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