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A Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Colchester Museums, Laura Pooley, 2006-10-04 14:06:18
Title
A Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe
Description
English: A Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe. It is made of orange-brown flint and has an ovoid shape and a flat profile. On one face an area of cortex is preserved. The handaxe is in relatively good condition with only a few modern surface chips. It measures 113mm long, has a maximum width of 72mm and a maximum thickness of 33mm. It weighs 332g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 500000 BC and 180000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 144291
Old ref: ESS-BE18D4
Filename: harwichaxe001a.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/115843
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/115843/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/144291
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Object location51° 55′ 58.8″ N, 1° 15′ 25.09″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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