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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy developed flat axehead of Middle Bronze Age date. Despite damage it is most likely that this example should be classified as an example of Arreton Park type (c.2000 BC -c.1700 BC ) which corresponds to Early Bronze Age III, or metalworking stage V, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3 circa 2000 - 1700 BC. The reasons for this classification are that the axe does not appear to have a stopper ridge or side loops, is not as flat as some earlier types and the blade terminates in a broad, crescentic curved cutting edge. The bevelling to create the cutting edge is shallow, beginning just below the line of the flange terminals. The flanged sides, which are integrally cast, give the artefact a rounded 'H-shaped' cross section. The axe is broken towards the middle of the body with the butt end missing and approximately three fifths of the axe surviving. Where it survives the patina is a dark greenish-brown colour but the axe has suffered considerable corrosion in the ground and has a heavily pitted surface, no surface decoration, which is sometimes found on axes of Arreton type, is notable on any of the surfaces.
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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