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HANDAXE
Unique ID: NARC-E38735
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
An ovate implement of knapped flint; possibly an unfinished or rudimentary Palaeolithic handaxe. The edges have certainly been worked, and there is evidence of retouch, but the body of the implement bears few signs of working, and it seems to have been heavily rolled, so that the number of flake scars is unclear. L:126.5mm W: 103.5mm Th: 23.6mm
Dr Kevin Leahy writes: In view of the lack of information on this object some caution is needed before it is accepted as a Handaxe.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 500000 BC
Date to: 18000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 126.5 mm
Width: 103.5 mm
Thickness: 23.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd August 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Deenethorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9591
Four figure Latitude: 52.508626
Four figure longitude: -0.601696
1:25K map: SP9591
1:10K map: SP99SE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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