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Palaeolithic handaxe
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Winchester Museums Service, Robert Webley, 2011-03-17 12:42:39
Title
Palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: A small sub-cordate handaxe, iron-stained a generally deep orange-brown colour, with some underlying grey/yellow showing through at removal points. There appears to a very small patch of cortex remaining on the (probably) ventral face; the object is otherwise covered in removals. The distal end is squared off, presumably an old break to a pointed tip, but of antiquity as it is as stained as the rest of the artefact. The proximal end appear deliberately flattened. The sides curve to a maximum width from the base; from the widest point it tapers gradually to a width of c. 20mm at the point of break. There is some slight battering to the sides.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 400000 BC and 100000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 432793
Old ref: HAMP-661475
Filename: HAMP-661475handaxe.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/320997
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/320997/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/432793
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Object location51° 03′ 25.2″ N, 1° 16′ 16.75″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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