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Unique ID: NMGW-A5E573
Object type certainty: Certain
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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment, c. 1150-800BC The axehead is represented by the blade end fragment with a surviving length of 28.8mm and weighing 40.2g. The axehead has broken across the base of the socket, which has a length of 21.8mm and a width of 4.4mm. The axehead has a width of 33.9mm and a thickness of 10.55mm at the break. The sides are rounded across their width, and are divergent towards the blade tips (with a surviving blade width of 42.10mm), producing a moderately expanded blade. The blade edge is eroded and is gently curved. Both faces are plain for the surviving fragment. The surface has a pale to mid green patina. Socketed axes date from the beginning of the Late Bronze Age, in the Wilburton metalworking industry, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 6 (c.1,150 - 950 BC), however most axes recovered tend to date to the Ewart Park Metalworking Industry (Needham's ibid. Period 7), c. 950 - 750BC.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.8 mm
Width: 33.9 mm
Thickness: 10.55 mm
Weight: 40.2 g
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Other reference: NMGWPA 2006.18.1
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: ST1172
Four figure Latitude: 51.439977
Four figure longitude: -3.28188
1:25K map: ST1172
1:10K map: ST17SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Needham, S.P. | 1996 | Chronology and periodisation in the British Bronze Age | Copenhagen | Wiley |