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AXEHEAD

Unique ID: SF7262

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Bifacially worked flint axehead with blade end missing. Gravel flint, mainly black but mottled with a little grey and white, particularly on one face. It is difficult to tell whether this is the nature of the flint, or whether it is due to partial patination. Small gravelly inclusion at butt. Some flakes have been removed from the break, which may be the result of re-use or of more recent damage. The asymmetric cross-section, with one face gently convex and the other more markedly peaked, together with surviving transverse flake removal near the blade end, suggest a tranchet axe of Mesolithic date. Surviving length 87 mm, width 43 mm, thickness 24 mm.

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: 10000 BC
Date to: 4000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 87 mm
Width: 43 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight: 113.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: STOWUPLAND

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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