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HANDAXE
Unique ID: HAMP-E00C26
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An ovate flint handaxe of Lower Palaeolithic date. The implement is bi-facially worked and roughly symmetrical both in plan and profile. The flake removals cover the whole of both surfaces, and colour varies from a dark orange-brown to pale grey and buff, the majority being of a yellow shade. There is a small shallow hole on the ventral face, at the proximal end which looks deliberate due to its regular shape. In addition to this, also on the ventral face, there are two incised lines which are deeper than the knapped surface.
Class: ovate
Subsequent actions
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 180000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 91.26 mm
Width: 69.58 mm
Thickness: 27.63 mm
Weight: 211 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th May 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2146
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: Gosport (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SZ5799
Four figure Latitude: 50.787777
Four figure longitude: -1.192751
1:25K map: SZ5799
1:10K map: SZ59SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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