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Mesolithic flint tranchet axe head
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Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service, Andrew Brown, 2008-07-15 12:17:22
Title
Mesolithic flint tranchet axe head
Description
English: A relatively large, complete flint tranchet axehead of Mesolithic date. It is made from a coarse pale grey flint with areas of an off-white cortexy surface. It is approximately plano-convex in section with relatively crude bifacial working. Both ends of the implement are usable. The implement measures 152.57mm in length, 52.38mm in width, 37.10mm in thickness, and weighs 331g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 8300 BC and 4500 BC
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FindID: 225356
Old ref: SF-75BDD2
Filename: COG SF-75BDD2.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/181774
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/181774/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/225356
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