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Description: | A large flint handaxe of sub-triangular shape. It is similar to, although less well defined than axes of the Boute Coupé tradition. The flint is patchy brown and dark grey with some lighter cream coloured patches. The surface has a low gloss and some areas of milky-white patination.The axe tapers towards a rounded cutting edge with some recent damage. It is extensively bifacially flaked with wide scalar, low angle removals to thin the body of the axe. It has a plano-convex cross section. The side profile is straight. The butt of the axe is broad and has an area of modern damage at one corner.Date: Probably Middle Palaeolithic - c.,250,000 to 40,000 BCDimensions: 123 mm x 97 mm x 24 mmWeight:
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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