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Description: | An incomplete and re-worked polished flint axe of Neolithic date. It is formed from a mottled grey flint that has staining in places on the surfaces probably resultant from modern agricultural activity. The axe is plano-convex in section and has broken at both the butt and blade end. At the butt end there are the remains of all over polishing with residual flake scars and polished edges that are slightly flattened. The blade end appears to have been broken, perhaps as a result of usage, and subsequently re-worked with crude bifacial flaking and retouch visible on all surfaces producing a roughly semi-circular blade or cutting edge. This axe measures 111.66mm in length, 48.81mm in width, 22.09mm in thickness, and weighs 142.40g. The original polished axe dates to the Neolithic period (c.3,500-2,100 BC), the re-working probably a result of damage during usage and therefore also of Neolithic or perhaps Early-Bronze Age date, c.3,500-1,500 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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