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Lower Palaeolithic handaxe
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Suffolk County Council, Andrew Brown, 2012-11-07 10:06:34
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Lower Palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: An abraded and rolled flint handaxe of probable Lower Palaeolithic date. It is oval in form, pointed oval in section, struck from a grey flint with grey/white patination and some orange/brown iron staining, retaining a small amount of cortex at the striking platform. The surfaces have bifacial flake removal and very abraded edges resultant from post-depositional damage and glacial rolling. It measures 81.93mm in length, 72.81mm in width, 26.97mm in thickness and 197.88g in weight. this handaxe is of Lower Palaeolithic date, c.500,000-40,000 BC.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bedford
Date between 500000 BC and 40000 BC
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FindID: 528331
Old ref: SF-8FE101
Filename: Pertenhall_SF-8FE101.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/403247
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/403247/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/528331
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