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Description: | Mesolithic trachet axehead made from a flint nodule, original cortex present on one end, the other surfaces are covered by light recortication, covering an opaque, grey, flint. The general section is D shaped with slightly convex underside. The implement is curved along its length and the flaking is coarse, the exception being the area around the transverse cutting edge where some long parallel flakes have been removed. The cutting edge was formed by the removal of single flakes on both faces; the eponymous 'tranchet' flakes. A Mesolithic date seems likely. Length 194mm, Width 51mm, Thickness 36mm, Mass 440.4g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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