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ESS-C122F6 palaeolithic handaxe
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Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Laura McLean, 2012-01-13 10:42:13
Title
ESS-C122F6 palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: Palaeolithic knapped flint cordate handaxe. The axe is sub-oval in plan, with a rounded butt end and point. There is a later fracture removing a large flake on one side side of the axe. In profile the axe is straight sided. The surface is predominantly covered with scars from flake removal, with increased level of removals around the butt end. There is a small amount of cortex surviving in the middle of one surface of the axe, however the majority of the surface is a light-cream to white colour due to heavy patination. Later removals caused by damage have a lighter patination, with even more recent damage showing no patination, revealing the dark grey flint.

The axe is 107.89mm long, 88.34mm wide, 28.07mm thick and weighs 109 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date PALAEOLITHIC
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FindID: 480357
Old ref: ESS-C122F6
Filename: OEF6837AJ.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/363996
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/363996/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/480357
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Object location51° 51′ 11.16″ N, 0° 43′ 23.06″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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