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PALSTAVE
Unique ID: NARC-DFF9E8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Middle Bronze Age looped palstave axehead of cast copper alloy. It has a narrow, square butt, low tapering flanges, slight lip on the stop-ridge with a complete loop adjoining. This descends to a narrow body divided by single midrib that terminates with a slightly flared blade. The artefact has a green-brown patina with areas of green heavy corrosion and chipping on both faces of the blade. This axehead can be classified according to Rowland's scheme as Class 5 Group 1 (Rowland 1976: 34-36), and dates to the Taunton (c. 1400-1200 BC) or Penard phases of the Bronze Age.
Class: Palstave
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1400 BC
Date to: 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 128.3 mm
Width: 53.3 mm
Thickness: 29.2 mm
Weight: 260 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2007
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
To be known as: Boughton-Moulton
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowlands, M.J. | 1976 | The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports 31 |
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