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HANDAXE
Unique ID: HAMP-85D29D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cordate flint handaxe of Lower Palaeolithic date (500,000 - 180,000 BC), made from a black flint. The handaxe is bifacially worked and complete, measuring 150mm in length and triangular, with a maximum width of 95mm. The surface demonstrates wear from rolling.
Notes:
This was a beach find from an area of intertidal gravels and one side is encrusted with barnacles.
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 500000 BC
Date to: Circa 180000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 150 mm
Width: 95 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight: 550 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Lymington and Pennington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SZ3695
Four figure Latitude: 50.75348832
Four figure longitude: -1.49103593
1:25K map: SZ3695
1:10K map: SZ35SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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