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Complete flint cordate handaxe of Lower Palaeolithic date (500000 BC – 40000 BC).
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Frank Basford, Frank Basford, 2005-06-28 14:58:04
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Complete flint cordate handaxe of Lower Palaeolithic date (500000 BC – 40000 BC).
Description
English: Flint cordate handaxe of Lower Palaeolithic date (500000 BC - 40000 BC). Length 89mm, width 67mm and 23mm thick. Weight 128.42g.

Bi-facially worked and symmetrical in plan. The removals cover the whole of each face. Light grey patinated overall.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 500000 BC and 40000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 100289
Old ref: IOW-163AA5
Filename: IOW2005-131-1.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/67886
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/67886/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/100289
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