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Palaeolithic handaxe
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Winchester Museums Service, Robert Webley, 2011-11-30 10:15:36
Title
Palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: A small 'pointed' handaxe with some iron staining over a light-grey underlying flint. There are some small patches of cortex, two on one face, two on one edge, within cavities. These, and a hairline crack on the other face and a small patch of mineralisation below, suggest that the nodule from which this tool was made had to be utilised despite its flaws. The sides taper and thin gradually from the rounded butt end to a point that has survived well. There is some slight battering to the sides as well as an angular removal, further evidence of the flaws in the nodule.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 400000 BC and 100000 BC
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FindID: 475132
Old ref: HAMP-4EA676
Filename: HAMP-4EA676handaxe.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/358340
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/358340/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/475132
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Object location51° 00′ 27″ N, 1° 34′ 28.45″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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