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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2010-07-06 13:59:25 |
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Handaxe |
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| Description |
English: Lower Palaeolithic, flint handaxe length width thickness. This is a 'ficron' type handaxe which belongs to the Middle Acheulian tradition. The axe is sub-triangular in plan, with slightly concave sides. There are multiple flaking scars on both the dorsal and ventral sides consisting of large flake removal on the main body of the piece and slightly finer flake removal along the edges. The butt is slightly darker in colour with about 5% cortex still remaining. The whole artefact has a light brown colour, the tip has been truncated in the past exposing a grey flint which a patina has started to form over. The condition of the flint is excellent, some of the ridges are very slightly worn suggesting some limited smoothing by water but on some of the flakes the ripples are still clearly visible.
The Acheulian period spans from c.600, 000 to 245,000 years ago in Britain although most finds of this type date from 500,000-250,000 years ago corresponding to a period of warmer climate. They were produced by the hominid species Homo heidelbergensis. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Gloucestershire | ||
| Date | between 600000 BC and 250000 BC | ||
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FindID: 397456 Old ref: GLO-325A27 Filename: 3425 (3).JPG |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/288147 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/288147/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/397456 |
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