File:Lower Palaeolithic handaxe (FindID 401021).jpg

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Lower Palaeolithic handaxe
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Lincolnshire County Council, Adam Daubney, 2010-07-30 11:04:06
Title
Lower Palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: A Lower Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe, probably dating between 800,000 and 250,000 years ago. The axe is ovate in plan and pointed-oval in cross-section. The handaxe has a cream-coloured patina with patches of orange-brown coloured patina along many of the flake ridges. The tip of the axe is missing, having been broken in antiquity. The axe is smooth and rolled.

The axe was discovered on the beach at Stokes Bay, Gosport, circa 1987. Along that stretch of coast there are eroding river gravel deposts from the former River Solent, so it is likely that this has been eroded out of one of the river terraces.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 500000 BC and 250000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 401021
Old ref: LIN-2A3012
Filename: LIN9545.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/291484
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/291484/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/401021
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