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Description: | A large flint handaxe of probable Lower Palaeolithic date (500,000 - 180,000 BC). The handaxe takes a crude pointed form and is bifacially worked, being roughly symmetrical apart from a prominent bulb of percussion on the ventral face. It is patinated, being mostly a grey-white colour but varying to an orangey-brown or 'toffee' colour, particularly toward the distal end of the dorsal face. The handaxe has been tumbled and abraded, probably initially in fluvial gravels, although there is also evidence for beach abrasion and edge damage. It measures 165.5 x 95.73 x 45.81mm and weighs c.702g.
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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