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HANDAXE

Unique ID: LIN-DED677

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Lower Palaeolithic flint hand axe. The axe is ovate in plan and in cross-section, and made from a mottled blue-white flint with yellow patina on the surface. There are patches of mid-brown cortex on the dorsal surface. The tip is missing.

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 180000 BC
Date to: Circa 50000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 82 mm
Width: 70 mm
Thickness: 16 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

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: TF0737
Four figure Latitude: 52.91977
Four figure longitude: -0.409997
1:25K map: TF0737
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

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bee, T.W.	2005	New finds of Palaeolithic handaxes from Lincolnshire			97, fig. 7

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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