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Palaeolithic hand axe
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Lincolnshire County Council, Adam Daubney, 2012-11-22 14:18:25
Title
Palaeolithic hand axe
Description
English: Palaeolithic flint axe. The axe is roughly oval and has a mid-brown even patina over the surface. One side has been worked whereas the other has a concave circular depression in it showing that it is a thermal flake worked into a tool. There is some recent damage to the edges exposing a dark black flint interior.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 500000 BC and 180000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 244535
Old ref: LIN-73E288
Filename: LIN7723.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/405362
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/405362/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/244535
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Object location52° 55′ 41.88″ N, 0° 23′ 58.79″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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