Record ID: LIN-15D511 - PALAEOLITHIC lithic implement

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Lithic implement

Unique ID: LIN-15D511

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Palaeolithic flint handaxe

Palaeolithic cordate flint hand axe. The axe is uniface, roughly D-shaped in cross-section and covered with a thick chalk-coloured patina. Where recent damage has occured to the edges, a mottled dark brown flint can be seen.

The butt end (proximal) of the axe retains a thicker band of chalk-coloured patina, which may in fact be cortex or recortification. The opposite end (distal) has an incomplete tip, which was broken in antiquity. There are a number of medium sized flakes removed from the ventral surface, and two or three larger ones removed from the dorsal.

Notes:

ID done from photograph

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 100000 BC
Date to: Circa 50000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 99 mm
Width: 79 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: North Kesteven
Parish: Osbournby

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF0638
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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