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Palaeolithic handaxe
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Katie Hinds, 2009-03-09 16:20:01
Title
Palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: Lower Palaeolithic greensand chert probably Acheulian handaxe, water worn and with a natural (roundish) flake scar on one face. It measures 156mm in length, is max.92.41mm wide and max.43.14mm thick. It is tear-drop-shaped and there is some probable (old) damage at the pointed end. With much thanks to Martin Green and Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen for identification. Martin Green comments, 'It has had a hard life'.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 500000 BC and 180000 BC
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FindID: 249049
Old ref: WILT-155FE2
Filename: Caceres0309handaxe.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/204137
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/204137/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/249049
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Object location51° 05′ 27.96″ N, 1° 55′ 51.96″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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