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axe head front
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Northamptonshire County Council, Julie Cassidy, 2011-10-07 15:21:16
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axe head front
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English: A large quartzite hand axe of Palaeolithic date.

Dr. Bill Boismeyer, of Northamptonshire Archaeology has seen the hand axe and has confirmed its Palaeolithic date. Dr. Nick Ashton of the British Museum has also commented, stating that quartzite handaxes are not common in Britain. He adds: "although in theory it could be British...As one of many possibilities, it resembles many of the handaxes from southern India. Unfortunately there's no easy way of telling from its shape or technology...quartzite is pretty ubiquitous across many parts of the globe".

Images of the handaxe have ben passed onto geologists who may be able to suggest a possible origin for the stone.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 500000 BC and 8300 BC
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FindID: 462508
Old ref: NARC-0D43C7
Filename: NARC-0D43C7 a.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/348974
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/348974/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/462508
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