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Description: | A Palaeolithic flint handaxe. The axe is 122mm long and 90mm wide. Its thickness is 28mm and its weight is ?g. It is ovate or cordate in shape, with bifacial working. The dorsal surface retains some cortex. Part of the ventral surface at the proximal end has broken off. All edges apart from the proximal? end have been retouched to form cutting edges. The orange/brown patination suggests deposition within river terrace gravels. This is Lower or Middle Palaeolithic(Achuelian) and probably dates to between 360,000 to 180,000 BC.
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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