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Paleolithic or Neolithic axehead
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Somerset County Council, Laura Burnett, 2012-12-20 17:40:27
Title
Paleolithic or Neolithic axehead
Description
English: Part of a knapped chert tool, probably a handaxe made from an Upper Greensand nodule. It is now D shaped in plan with a a convex blade leading to the start of straighter sides and a break opposite the blade. The break is angled in profile but relatively straight in plan and appears accidental. It is as worn as the other working. There is evidence of old, worn invasive shallow retouch on both sides with possible long flake removal. In section this creates an even convex curve to each face meeting at a point along the blade. The tool is orange-brown in colour, typical of Upper Greensand which is a relatively local geological deposit in the Blackdown Hills. The tool is 69.1mm long, 43.5mm wide and 28.1mm thick, and weighs 85.42g,

It has been suggested that the tool was either the butt of a Paleolithic handaxe or the blade of a Neolithic axe however due to the amount of wear this is a tentative identification.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 500000 BC and 2200 BC
Accession number
FindID: 536304
Old ref: SOM-1B3E57
Filename: SOM-1B3E57.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/409640
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/409640/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/536304
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