File:KENT-9BDC62. Palaeolithic hand axe (Front) (FindID 150087).jpg

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KENT-9BDC62. Palaeolithic hand axe (Front)
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Kent County Council, Laura McLean, 2006-12-11 15:22:48
Title
KENT-9BDC62. Palaeolithic hand axe (Front)
Description
English: Palaeolithic Acheulian handaxe knapped from very light brown-orange flint. The cordate axe is bifacial, with covering removals on both surfaces to form the shape. There is no cortex remaining on the surface. The surface is very worn and abraded. Acheulian had axes usually date from the lower Palaeolithic, but occasionally can be of a middle Palaeolithic date. The axe is 126.14mm long, 78.62mm wide and 32.62mm thick.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 500000 BC and 40000 BC
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FindID: 150087
Old ref: KENT-9BDC62
Filename: PAK181-040.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/124242
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/124242/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/150087
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