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Description: | A complete knapped flint adze or axehead of Mesolithic date. It has an asymmetrical hexagonal cross-section with a flatter lower surface and more steeply bevelled upper surface. On the central ridge the cortex has been left (these are the surviving surfaces); there is also some cortex at one corner of the butt end. On the upper surface there are three long removals up the tip at the distal end, one central, the others to each side (cf. an adze illustrated in Butler 2005, 106; ref. 42.1). On the lower surface there is what seems to be a 'tranchet' removal, retouched longitudinally to one side. The sides are fairly straight and slightly battered but the removals are generally fairly crisp. The flint is a light-grey colour with some darker seams and patches of orange iron staining.
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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