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Late Palaeolithic handaxe
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Norfolk Museum Service, Katherine Robbins, 2008-12-08 11:32:37
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Late Palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: Lower Palaeolithic handaxe. Dimensions >120 x 82 x 35mm. Pointed ovate, broken at the pointed tip. Probably made on a large flake, the dorsal face of which is finished by peripheral flaking except for a large inclusion which has apparently resisted removal. The ventral face is more completely finished by shallow peripheral flaking. The main body of the handaxe is stained brown, with large areas of buff, particularly on the dorsal face. The break at the tip is not recent, but is lightly stained, probably over pale grey flint. The general condition is lightly rolled (see sketch). 600,000 to 100,000 BP. There are no previous records of handaxes from Needham parish but Wymer (Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia (1985), 147) refers to examples from neighbouring Brockdish and Weybread, while the rich Palaeolithic site at Hoxne is not far away.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 600000 BC and 100000 BC
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FindID: 241414
Old ref: NMS-7DAD04
Filename: AHS March 08 (20).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/196039
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/196039/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/241414
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