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Description: | An incomplete Neolithic flaked axehead broken and possibly utilised as a scraper, dating to the period c. 3500 - 2200 BC. The axehead measures 43.54mm in length, 35.08mm in width, has a maximum thickness of 13.34mm, tapering to 3.77mm at the blade end and weighs 33.48g.The axehead was originally a Clough Type B with a lenticular, or pointed oval cross section. It has been broken near the blade end. It has been bifacially flaked using covering scaled low angle flaking. No trace of cortext remains. There is short scaled semi-abrupt retouch visible along one mesel edge, indicating that the fragment may have been repurposed as a scraper after breaking.The flint is a glossy dark grey colour, with slight repatination on one face only, visible as a milky grey colour.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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