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Tranchet axehead
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Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service, Faye Minter, 2003-08-26 17:18:12
Title
Tranchet axehead
Description
English: Relatively crudely finished biface. Transverse flakes from the blade edge, and its asymmetric cross-section (one face flatter, one face more highly convex) support a Mesolithic date, and identification as a small tranchet axe. Black flint with large area of cortex on one long edge, and smaller areas of cortex on butt and on other long edge at butt end.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 10000 BC and 4000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 37968
Old ref: SF7324
Filename: ELYsf898sf7324dwg.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/7495
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/7495/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/37968
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