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Lower Palaeolithic "pointed" hand-axe
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Frank Basford, Frank Basford, 2004-04-03 18:57:51
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Lower Palaeolithic "pointed" hand-axe
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English: “Pointed” flint hand-axe of Lower Palaeolithic date (at least 40,000 years old). Length 124mm, maximum width 77mm and maximum thickness 37mm. Weight 346g.

The implement has flaking scars overall and is plano-convex in cross-section. The more convex side is orange/grey patinated, whereas the less convex side is grey/black patinated. The implement is “rolled”, that is to say it has become smoothed to a certain extent from movement within its context during the Palaeolthic period. Alternatively, it could have become smooth as a result of its mobility in a recent sea-bed environment.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 5000000 BC and 40000 BC
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FindID: 64444
Old ref: IOW-EF7703
Filename: IOW2004-57-3b.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/22490
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/22490/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/64444
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