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HANDAXE
Unique ID: NMS-E1C84D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Thick, hard hammer struck handaxe, of Wymer. J (1999) type D/M, crudely shaped with an elongated "ficron" type point, largely due to the limited width presented by the "blank", this appears to have been a narrow, natural, thermally (frost) fractured fragment of a much larger nodule, the dorsal face retains a section of thin. weathered cortex at what is now the butt, immediately above this was an area of projecting flint, now removed by repeated blows to either side, using the projection as a platform, this has resulted in one of the flake scars running in the opposite direction from one side of the centre of the face to the lateral edge, all other flakes have been removed in the conventional way.
The flint has been slightly rolled since deposition, the surfaces are patinated black (from exposure to the dark silts) with pale grey coarse inclusions with some patchy orange areas, mostly to one face. The recent damage to the edges and the high points are a bright orange, the deeper damage shows the original colour of the flint to have been pale buff/grey. Lower Palaeolithic 600,000 to 150,000 BC.
Notes:
Pathways to Ancient Britain database number: JC_14 PAB 929
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 600000 BC
Date to: Circa 150001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 149.5 mm
Width: 70 mm
Thickness: 59 mm
Weight: 477 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th January 2019 - Sunday 13th January 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 20919
Other reference: INDJC01022020JG
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: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Happisburgh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3731
Four figure Latitude: 52.82438029
Four figure longitude: 1.51628928
1:25K map: TG3731
1:10K map: TG33SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wymer, J.J. | 1999 | The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain | Wessex Arch./English Heritage |
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