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TRANCHET AXEHEAD
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Surrey County Council, Simon Maslin, 2020-08-26 16:25:30
Title
TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Description
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A small bifacially worked core tool struck from a light grey flint and most likely a tranchet adze / axe of Mesolithic date. The object is triangular, with a broad edge which on one side has had a tranchet removal to create a cutting edge. The other end is narrowed. The side profile is lenticular, with bifacial working.
Depicted place (County of findspot) West Sussex
Date between 9000 BC and 4000 BC
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FindIdentifier: 1009757
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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/1113714
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1113714/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 12 November 2020)
Object location50° 54′ 49.68″ N, 0° 27′ 12.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current05:10, 12 November 2020Thumbnail for version as of 05:10, 12 November 20206,330 × 5,130 (4.24 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, SUR, FindID: 1009757-1113714, mesolithic, page 144, batch count 2210

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