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Description: | Lower Palaeolithic ovate handaxe in a semi-rolled condition of unpatinated mottled grey and black flint. It is likely that this piece was produced from a large natural thermal fracture as the ventral face (the more grey coloured side) carries a small un-knapped naturally fractured area towards the middle. There is a large amount of course-grained low quality light grey inclusions typical of this type of raw material causing many of the flakes removed from this face to hinge terminate. The dorsal face is of better quality flint and is much darker with only a few light grey inclusions towards the butt. It is hard hammer struck and is quite thick as a result and the entirety of the cortex has been removed. 108 x 69 x 33.5mm.This is another example of the spread of Lower Palaeolithic material being uncovered by coastal erosion from Happisburgh to Horsey. See Robins et al. 2008 for further discussion.Found on Sea Palling Beach "near Waxham". No further details known. The grid reference is approximate
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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