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Palaeolithic Handaxe
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Norfolk County Council, Mary Chester-Kadwell, 2012-04-02 11:31:47
Title
Palaeolithic Handaxe
Description
English:

Flint hand axe, 139 x 76 x 37mm.

Oval in plan and tending to a plano-convex section, with a prominent boss on the convex face near to the butt. Recent chips show pale grey flint, heavily stained a glossy brown. The body is extensively frost cracked and it is surprising that it has endured to the present day. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 - 100,000 BP.

Additional note by E. W.:

This example is perhaps particularly interesting as it has been made on a large flake (the 'débitage' technique), rather than shaped from a nodule (the 'façonage' technique), which is more common in Africa than the European region.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 600000 BC and 100000 BC
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FindID: 496406
Old ref: NMS-9752E0
Filename: 3602_LPAL_Handaxe_1d.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/376263
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/376263/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/496406
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