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Handaxe
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2010-07-06 14:47:00
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Handaxe
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Middle Palaeolithic handaxe this would have been cordate shaped but the tip has been truncated, this is an old break. It is bifacial worked with large flaking scars covering the ventral and dorsal sides, the is short, fine retouch along the edges. Dark brown flint with creamy patches throughout, a thin light creamy patina has formed.

Nicholas Ashton from the British Museum has said 'It's probably of a type that is known as a 'bout coupe' or 'Coygan type' handaxe, which generally seem to date to between 60 ,000- 40,000 years ago.'
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 60000 BC and 40000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 397480
Old ref: GLO-3330F4
Filename: 3525 Middle Palaeolithic handaxe (8).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/288171
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/288171/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/397480
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Object location51° 42′ 38.88″ N, 1° 46′ 55.27″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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