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FLANGED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: DENO-CE5138
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloydeveloped flat axehead ofMiddle Bronze Age date. Despite damage it is most likely that thisexample should be classified as an example of Arreton Park type (c.2000 BC -c.1700 BC) whichcorresponds to Early Bronze Age III, or metalworking stage V, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3 circa 2000 - 1700 BC. The reasons for this classification are that the axe does not appear to have a stopper ridge or side loops, is not as flat as some earlier types and theblade terminates in a broad, crescentic curved cutting edge. The bevelling to create the cutting edge is shallow, beginning just below the line of the flange terminals. The flanged sides,which are integrally cast,give the artefact a rounded 'H-shaped' cross section. The axe is broken towards the middle of the body with thebutt end missing and approximately three fifths of the axe surviving. Where it survives the patina is a dark greenish-brown colour but the axe has suffered considerable corrosion in the ground and has a heavily pitted surface, no surface decoration, which is sometimes found on axes of Arreton type, is notable on any of the surfaces.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2000 BC
Date to: Circa 1700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64 mm
Width: 42.2 mm
Thickness: 15.7 mm
Weight: 110.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2009 - Saturday 31st October 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E6826
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: South Scarle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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