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ESS-6603F1-Lower palaeolithic handaxe
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Colchester Museums, Kate Orr, 2009-12-03 17:17:08
Title
ESS-6603F1-Lower palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: A Lower (early) Palaeolithic flint handaxe. The axe is complete and is ovate and almost symmetrical in plan. There is bifacial working and remnants of cortex on both dorsal and ventral surfaces. Length 161.6mm, width 88.42mm, thickness 28.65mm, weight 496g. Lower or middle Paleaolithic dated 500,000-40,000 BC. The patina is orangey brown which is indicative of the axe being deposited in river terrace gravels.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 800000 BC and 180000 BC
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FindID: 279289
Old ref: ESS-6603F1
Filename: ESS-6603F1new.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/231257
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/231257/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/279289
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Object location51° 32′ 30.84″ N, 0° 16′ 34.24″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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