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HANDAXE

Unique ID: LIN-15D511

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Palaeolithic cordate flint hand axe. The axe is uniface, roughly D-shaped in cross-section and covered with a thick chalk-coloured patina. Where recent damage has occured to the edges, a mottled dark brown flint can be seen. The butt end (proximal) of the axe retains a thicker band of chalk-coloured patina, which may in fact be cortex or recortification. The opposite end (distal) has an incomplete tip, which was broken in antiquity. There are a number of medium sized flakes removed from the ventral surface, and two or three larger ones removed from the dorsal.

Notes:

ID done from photograph

Class: Cordate

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 500000 BC
Date to: Circa 180000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 99 mm
Width: 79 mm
Thickness: 21 mm

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Osbournby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0638
Four figure Latitude: 52.928953
Four figure longitude: -0.424538
1:25K map: TF0638
1:10K map: TF03NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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