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Handaxe with a "twisted" profile
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Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2003-12-11 16:06:41
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Handaxe with a "twisted" profile
Description
English: Honey coloured flint palaeolithic handaxe. Length 159mm, width 89mm and 34mm thick. The implement has a "twisted" profile. Very slightly rolled otherwise in perfect condition.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 500000 BC and 40000 BC
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FindID: 56778
Old ref: IOW-897A06
Filename: IWCAC1192-581b.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/14963
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/14963/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/56778
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