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Lower Palaeolithic handaxe
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Winchester Museum Service, Robert Webley, 2010-01-28 20:57:59
Title
Lower Palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: A complete flint Acheulian handaxe of slightly stained white-brown patina dating to the Lower Palaeolithic. The axe is cordate in form, only very slightly asymmetrical. The butt is U shaped and the tip shallowly pointed. It has fairly straight, slightly battered edges. It is covered by removals which have been somewhat smoothed by water action. Some high points have been left on both faces to to make the implement more ergonomic; some small patches of chalk cortex survive at these points. Some areas of white patination have been stained orange by iron, with some areas of underlying mid brown flint showing through in places.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 400000 BC and 180000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 286033
Old ref: HAMP-1F8C54
Filename: HAMP-1F8C54handaxe.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/236756
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/236756/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/286033
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Object location50° 49′ 41.88″ N, 1° 12′ 06.7″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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