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Palaeolithic Hand Axe
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Derby Museums Trust, Patricia Davidson, 2011-10-04 10:27:09
Title
Palaeolithic Hand Axe
Description
English: A Palaeolithic sub-cordate hand axe, Both faces have small area of thin, smooth cortex while one flake has a large 'pot lid' scar (equally patinated and stained brown as the rest of the hand axe). Flakes have been removed from both surfaces to shape the axe. It is an elongated oval in plan, tapering toward a pointed cutting end. The edges of the axe are damaged and worn. The appearance of the hand axe is suggestive that it is derived from a gravel deposit.

Length 152mm, width 85.7mm, thickness 38.9mm, weight 523.6g Found on Happisburgh beach, Norfolk, summer 2008
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 800000 BC and 180000 BC
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FindID: 463142
Old ref: DENO-855E35
Filename: axe_E6637.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/348259
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/348259/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/463142
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