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Flint lower palaeolithic axe head.
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Suffolk County Council, Faye Minter, 2006-09-15 09:53:27
Title
Flint lower palaeolithic axe head.
Description
English: A flint handaxe of lower Palaeolithic date, complete apart from a single flake removed from the base of one edge. It is pointed and sub-triangular and is only slightly rolled, though possibly partly through beach action. The rounded butt end has cortex remaining on part of it. The flint is irregularly stained with mixed pale to dark browns over varied pale to dark grey flint, which is exposed by the detached flake.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 5000000 BC and 180000 BC
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FindID: 141931
Old ref: SF-0446A5
Filename: BNCSF-0446A5.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/113621
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/113621/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/141931
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