Record ID: LIN-2A3012 - PALAEOLITHIC axe

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AXE

Unique ID: LIN-2A3012

A resized image of Lower Palaeolithic handaxe

A Lower Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe, probably dating between 500,000 and 250,000 years ago. The axe is ovate in plan and pointed-oval in cross-section. The handaxe has a cream-coloured patina with patches of orange-brown coloured patina along many of the flake ridges. The tip of the axe is missing, having been broken in antiquity. The axe is smooth and rolled.

The axe was discovered on the beach at Stokes Bay, Gosport, circa 1987. Along that stretch of coast there are eroding river gravel deposts from the former River Solent, so it is likely that this has been eroded out of one of the river terraces.

Class: Ovate

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 500000 BC
Date to: Circa 250000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 167 mm
Width: 119 mm
Thickness: 43 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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Gosport
Parish: Gosport

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]

Personal details

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

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