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Description: | An elongated-ovate/ cordate flint handaxe of Palaeolithic date (800,000 - 40,000 BC). The Axe has convex sides and the butt-end being wider than the cutting-end. It has an asymmetric cross section. The flint is pale grey to white in colour with some patches of cortex to either side of the axehead. The implement has been bifacially worked, with one face being more convex in profile than the other. This face has received little working towards the butt end (with the concentration of flake removals towards the edges), while the othe, higherr face is worked all over with multi-directional flake removals, tending towards the edges. The handaxe measures 108.2mm long, 53.3mm wide, 26.1mm thick and weighs 147.42 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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