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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NMS-F6F473
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Polished Axe, dimensions: 169 x 61 x 34mm. Highly ground and polished all over, with only a few faint flake scars visible at the lateral edges and rounded butt: the sides are ground round rather than flat. The curved cutting edge is sharp with only one ancient chip, while a recent small chip reveals pale grey flint. The axe is patinated light brown with some buff areas. Found in the 1960's and subsequently used as a paperweight. Neolithic (4,000 to 2,350BC)
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 169 mm
Width: 61 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1960 - Wednesday 31st December 1969
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Wretton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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