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Lower Palaeolithic handaxe
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Winchester Museum Service, Robert Webley, 2008-04-23 13:26:49
Title
Lower Palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: A complete, broadly ovate Acheulian (Lower Palaeolithic) handaxe, with thick butt and part of cortex remaining. The object is not symmetrical. It is dark grey in colour. It has dark brown staining on part of the cortex and is well worn, indicative of being rolled on beach.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 500000 BC and 180000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 216568
Old ref: HAMP-F26735
Filename: HAMP-F26735handaxe.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/172530
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/172530/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/216568
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Object location50° 49′ 37.2″ N, 1° 21′ 36.68″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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