2024-03-28T09:22:57+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512140/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512140/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512140/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512140/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512140/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512140/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512140512140NMS-ECAA52PAS4FFECAA500132AHANDAXE128793714PALAEOLITHIC-600000-450000Palaeolithic handaxe. Ovate/cordate handaxe (Wymer. J, J, (1999) type J/K) in mint condition but with a small thermal (frost) fracture at the butt end. Black glossy flint with pale grey coarse grained inclusions, including a large one at the butt end, probably responsible for the v-shaped thermal (frost) fractured break. One face carries two small areas of fine grey pebble cortex. All flake removals are hard hammer struck. Dimensions 128 x 79 x 37mm.
N.B. This has become known as "The" Happisburgh handaxe. It was the first beach find to be recovered from a dateable context (circa 550,000 BC) this area later became known as Happisburgh Site 1. Later excavations by AHOB at Happisburgh Site 3 found evidence of much earlier activity, attributed to Homo Antecessor, that pushed back the earliest ancient occupation of Britain a further 450,000 to 350,000 years from the previously earliest site at Boxgrove (circa. 500,000 BC).2012-07-12 14:01:252022-10-18 14:48:153112000-01-012000-05-192Certain111122PAS4FFECAA500132A1044435385NMSNational importanceFlint10837Knapped/flakedCompleteGoodPALAEOLITHICPAx14387p0gjgrs6zcfPALAEOLITHICPAx14387p0gjgrs6zcfOther chance findCircaCirca49395772386538702441425Restricted AccessTG3830TG33SEHappisburgh810bands.shops.handy389253Handaxe_35385.jpg341Palaeolithic handaxeNorfolk County Council5images/edarch/EasternCoastlandEuropean RegionCountyNorfolkDistrictNorth NorfolkCivil Parish52.81361.53931Restricted AccessDonated to a museum96374