File:Bronze Age Flat Axe Front (FindID 552042).jpg

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Bronze Age Flat Axe Front
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Durham County Council, Lauren Proctor, 2013-03-25 14:59:44
Title
Bronze Age Flat Axe Front
Description
English: A complete copper alloy flat axehead dating to the period c. 2200 to 1900 BC.

The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan and in section. Both edges are still sharp although quite uneven and the surface of the object is badly abraded and the object is quite poorly preserved more generally. The axehead is rounded at one end, the cutting edge, and the axe then tapers towards the butt. The axe is quite thin and does not vary much in thickness although the middle is slightly thicker than the outer edges. There is no evidence for decoration on the surface of the object but that could be due to the fact that the surface has corroded away completely. The object is purpley-brown in colour with areas of a light green corrosion.

It is likely that this dates to the Early Bronze Age and metalworking stage I to II which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 1-2, circa 2500 to 2050 CAL. BC. Axes of this type are broadly contemporary with beaker pottery, barbed and tanged flint arrowheads, copper halberds and gold lunulae.
Depicted place (County of findspot) County Durham
Date between 2200 BC and 1900 BC
Accession number
FindID: 552042
Old ref: DUR-065531
Filename: DUR-065531-flat-axehead-front.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/421118
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/421118/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/552042
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Object location54° 29′ 46.68″ N, 2° 06′ 27.86″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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