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KENT-9BC123. Palaeolithic hand axe (Reverse)
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Kent County Council, Laura McLean, 2006-12-11 15:22:48
Title
KENT-9BC123. Palaeolithic hand axe (Reverse)
Description
English: Palaeolithic pointed handaxe knapped from dark orange-brown 'amber' coloured flint. The hand axe has a trimmed butt end with a small amount of natural cortex on the surface and the point is irregular. Both surfaces are covered in imapct ripples with some flaking scars. The edges of the axe are worn and abraded. The axe is 200mm long, 104.62mm wide and 41.86mm thick.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 500000 BC and 8300 BC
Accession number
FindID: 150080
Old ref: KENT-9BC123
Filename: PAK181-037.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/124239
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/124239/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/150080
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Object location51° 17′ 17.16″ N, 0° 22′ 00.16″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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