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Mesolithic tranchet axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Kevin Leahy, 2015-06-12 23:03:45
Title
Mesolithic tranchet axe
Description
English: Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead, no cortex present, all surfaces are recorticated over what appears to be a poor quality, mixed grey, flint. The implement.has a lozenge section, keeled on both sides, the flaking is coarse. The cutting edge was formed by the removal of the eponymous 'tranchet' flakes but has suffered some minor damage in antiquity. Both side edges are battered and show bands of hackly facture which appear to have been an original feature. .Length 144mm, Width 55mm, Thickness 35mm, Mass 240.6g
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Sussex
Date between 9000 BC and 4000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 727071
Old ref: FAKL-B3B382
Filename: aIF163.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/521289
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/521289/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/727071
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Object location50° 50′ 32.64″ N, 0° 01′ 19.33″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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