File:Possibly a fragment of a mesolithic tranchet axe that has been retouched and used as a scraper. (FindID 777633).jpg

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Possibly a fragment of a mesolithic tranchet axe that has been retouched and used as a scraper.
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Museum of London, Edwin Wood, 2016-04-08 10:17:50
Title
Possibly a fragment of a mesolithic tranchet axe that has been retouched and used as a scraper.
Description
English: Possibly a fragment of a mesolithic tranchet axe that has been retouched and used as a scraper. The object is square in profile and roughly triangular in section. It has no cortex remaining on it and the dorsal surface is marked by two larger flake scars making the triangular section. The ventral surface is relatively flat with some shallow scarring from the removal of flakes at a low angle. Around the edges of the object is some crushing damage but also some suggestion of retouch that is short, abrupt and scaled. The distal end of the object is neatly formed by some smaller flake removals but the proximal end is untidy and perhaps suggests being broken away from in an irregular fashion. It is possible that the object is a part of a tranchet axe, the butt end, that has broken and then been reused, given the triangular section and later retouch.

Length: 45.26mm
Width: 46.34mm
Thickness: 28.68mm
Weight: 73.25g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date MESOLITHIC
Accession number
FindID: 777633
Old ref: LON-669CFC
Filename: lithicLON669CFC.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/562328
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/562328/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/777633
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License
Object location51° 30′ 38.16″ N, 0° 05′ 50.8″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current08:43, 10 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 08:43, 10 February 20193,156 × 3,204 (3.1 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, LON, FindID: 777633, mesolithic, page 4247, batch count 1575

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