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Palaeolithic Handaxe
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Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2007-07-03 10:15:29
Title
Palaeolithic Handaxe
Description
English: An almost complete “sub-cordate” flint handaxe of Palaeolithic date 500,000 BC – 40,000 BC). Length 148.5mm, width 79.2mm and 37.1mm thick. Weight 386.0g.


Bi-facially worked and symmetrical in plan, the implement has a pointed tip and a rounded butt. The extreme point of the tip is missing due to an old break. The flake removals cover the whole of both faces. It is slightly "rolled", although this is hardly noticeable and the patination colour on both faces is generally off-white. This implement falls into Wymer's sub-cordate category: Type G (Wymer 1999, 10-11).

This implement, a surface find on cultivated land, is in a remarkably good condition.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 500000 BC and 40000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 185419
Old ref: IOW-A0FB18
Filename: IOW2007-27.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/143263
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/143263/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/185419
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