File:Palaeolithic handaxe (FindID 136822).jpg

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Palaeolithic handaxe
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Winchester Museum Service, Robert Webley, 2006-07-11 12:45:14
Title
Palaeolithic handaxe
Description
English: An ovate flint handaxe of Lower Paleolithic date. The implement is bi-facially worked and roughly symmetrical both in plan and profile. The flake removals cover the whole of both surfaces. The patination colour on both faces is variable between a pale buff through to a mid-orange.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 500000 BC and 40000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 136822
Old ref: HAMP-38CEF3
Filename: HAMP-38CEF3handaxe.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/107613
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/107613/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/136822
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 2 December 2020)
Object location50° 55′ 32.88″ N, 1° 31′ 50.88″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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