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Palaeolithic Handaxe
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Clywd-Powys Archaeological Trust, Rod Trevaskus, 2008-10-03 11:25:47
Title
Palaeolithic Handaxe
Description
English: This object is a Mode 2: Acheulian handaxe of the Lower Palaeolithic. Mode 2 tools being worked symmetrically on both sides indicating greater care in the production of the final tool. The axe is a pointed oval shape and bifacially worked. It is made from a grey cream mottled flint, now patinated with orange/ochre. All the edges are clearly worked and there appears to be a small section of cortex (or an inclusion) on the centre of one face. The smooth polished surface of the axe is the result of having been abraded over the millennia. It has the classic gravel staining of having been in ancient river gravels and then subsequently heavily water rolled (Walker, E pers. comm., 2007).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Powys
Date between 5000000 BC and 180000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 233991
Old ref: CPAT-5EA735
Filename: 2333-0020.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/189701
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/189701/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/233991
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 2 December 2020)
Object location52° 32′ 45.6″ N, 3° 45′ 59.18″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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