BH-7F3426: Palaeolithic bi-face handaxe (incomplete)

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BH-7F3426

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Just over half of a Lower Palaeolithic bi-face handaxe. The suggested date range for this implement is 500,000BC - 300,000BC. The object would originally have been sub-oval. It is fairly simple in form, having been created by the removal of large, broad flakes and shaped to a rough point at end. The flint is heavily patinated and mid orange-brown in colour. The implement measures 92.6mm long by 87.9mm wide and 38.3mm thick; it weighs 291.39g.

Class: Handaxe
Sub class: Bi-face

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 500000 BC
Date to: Circa 300000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 92.6 mm
Width: 87.9 mm
Thickness: 38.3 mm
Weight: 291.39 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2006

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Ver 06/48 - 68

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: St. Albans (District)
To be known as: Colney Heath

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: with finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: BH
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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