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Acheulean hand axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Julian Watters, 2004-09-02 13:29:23
Title
Acheulean hand axe
Description
English: Flint implement of Palaeolithic date. A heavy butted hand axe dating to the mid Acheulean period (c. 200,000 BP or earlier). The object is bifacially worked. It is made from a creamy/grey flint, and has a deep honey-coloured cortex. The axe has some modern damage to the point and to the butt. The intact surfaces are well rolled indicating that it was carried to its findspot, probably by fluvio-glacial drift in antiquity. The amygdaliod form is one of the most common types recovered from the gravel deposits around the Ouse and particularly the sites at Kempston and Biddenham. It measures 93.02mm high by 75.18mm wide and 40.08mm thick. The weight is 277.86g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bedford
Date between 225 BC and 200 BC
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FindID: 73844
Old ref: BH-70E927
Filename: axe 2057 all.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/35188
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/35188/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/73844
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