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Flint Palaeolithic hand axe
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2006-11-23 16:23:47
Title
Flint Palaeolithic hand axe
Description
English: Lithic implement: A Palaeolithic hand axe dated to about 250,000 BP. The flint is dark brown with patches of golden yellow and there are clear flake removals. The cutting edges are well worn and blunted by rolling and water action. It is 70.64mm long, 51.48mm wide, 31.36mm thick and weighs 111.37g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date 250000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 151495
Old ref: ESS-5C8651
Filename: Brown flint comp.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/121727
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/121727/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/151495
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