File:Flint axehead of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date (FindID 745356).jpg

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Flint axehead of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date
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Suffolk County Council, Andrew Brown, 2015-11-09 14:23:51
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Flint axehead of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date
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English: An incomplete flint axehead of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. It is struck from a pale blue/grey to white flint, snapped at one end (blade end?) in antiquity. The axe is rectangular in form, pointed oval in cross-section, tapering towards the complete end (butt end?). Both faces have invasive and scaled flake removal, with iron staining visible in places. It measures 78.10mm in length, 52.53mm in width, 19.31mm in thickness, and 85.77g in weight.

This is an incomplete struck flint axe. The lack of a definite tranchet flake at the surviving end, and the old breaks removing the opposite end, make identification as a Mesolithic tranchet axe problematic. While this example may well be as early as the Mesolithic (c.10,000-4000 BC), a later, Neolithic (4000-2550 BC), date cannot be ruled out entirely.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 10000 BC and 2551 BC
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FindID: 745356
Old ref: SF-D19CF8
Filename: ORF_SFD19CF8.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/539777
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/539777/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/745356
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