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Summary
| Upper Palaeolithic Flint Handaxe | |||
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| Photographer |
Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2010-08-10 11:34:24 |
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| Title |
Upper Palaeolithic Flint Handaxe |
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| Description |
English: A small complete flint handaxe of Lower Palaeolithic date (500,000 BC-50,000 BP). The handaxe is irregular in plan. It has a wide rounded butt and the sides taper inwards towards a rounded tip. One face has four major removals with distinct arises and the other face is more detailed in flake removal. There is no cortex and the surfaces are shiny and uniformly orange brown. The implement is in perfect condition and is not 'rolled'. 57.8 x 50.1 x 24.8mm. Weight: 59.91g. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Isle of Wight | ||
| Date | between 500000 BC and 50000 BC | ||
| Accession number |
FindID: 402440 Old ref: IOW-11AE37 Filename: IOW2010-16.JPG |
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| Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/292989 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/292989 Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/402440 |
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Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
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| current | 11:05, 26 January 2017 | | 2,087 × 1,172 (1.13 MB) | Fæ | Portable Antiquities Scheme, IOW, FindID: 402440, palaeolithic, page 405, batch count 2301 |
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