File:Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic Tranchet Axehead (FindID 814365).jpg

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Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic Tranchet Axehead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Lucy Bevan, 2016-11-21 15:43:20
Title
Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic Tranchet Axehead
Description
English: A flaked flint pick or possible tranchet axe dating to a late Mesolithic to early Neolithic period. The pick is made on an elongate sub-cylindrical nodule of mottled grey flint with an asymmetric/irregular cross-section. One end is formed by rough bifacial flaking and may originally have been transversely flaked on one face to form a tranchet cutting edge (although this is much damaged, possibly in antiquity which may be attempts at secondary sharpening but have left part of this end with a flat facetted edge). The other end retains a large area of slightly worn cortex and has been crudely bifacially flaked on one edge only and heavily battered, probably during manufacture. The exposed flint has a thin blue-white and white mid-gloss patina and there are sporadic red-brown ferrous stains in places.

Date: Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic 6500 to 3300 BC.

Dimensions: 147mm x 48mm x 37mm.

Weight: 300g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 6500 BC and 3300 BC
Accession number
FindID: 814365
Old ref: DOR-9A0966
Filename: DOR9A0966.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/591301
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/591301/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/814365
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 2 December 2020)
Object location50° 50′ 32.64″ N, 2° 06′ 50.83″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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