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Description: | Dark grey flint with a small patch of uncoloured cortex and with iron staining on one side, Hand Axe. Bifacially worked oval axe of triangular profile and with a a broad base. Broad parallel flake removal scars from oblique soft hammer working appear on both its sides and across its base. The drafts of this initial working range from c.12 to c.26mm in width. Battered edge damage appears restricted to one edge and around the narrower end of the object. All surfaces bear a high polish characteristic of desert gloss acquired during interglacial periods, save for where a sub-triangular fragment is lost to a recent impact. Suggested date: Lower Palaeolithic, 250,000-150,000 BC.The rarity of this object class, the lack of previous reports of such objects from the vicinity, and its good condition prompt designation of this object as a find of note.Length: 92.5mm, Width: 67.5mm, Thickness: 44mm, Weight: c.200gms.
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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