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Description: | A struck flint Late Mesolithic - Neolithic (c.7000-2100 BC) flaked axehead. It measures 109.40mm long, 43.10mm wide and 29.30mm thick. It weighs 140g. It is has a mottled white/grey patina. There are also many patches of iron staining. Both faces are convex, though one is slightly more so than the other. Both faces have flake removal scars, those at the edges angled away, otherwise they are apparently multi-directional. There has been some retouching of the cutting edge on both sides and there is damage along one side.Mike Trevarthen comments (pers. comm. January 2014) 'Although similar in appearance to a tranchet axehead this is flaked axehead and more likely to be Neolithic in date; although not impossible for the Late Mesolithic. It is not possible to be very precise with isolated objects like this - much easier when they are part of an assemblage which gives you a feel for the general trends and industry'.
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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