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HANDAXE
Unique ID: HAMP-D6D356
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete flint Acheulian handaxe of stained orange-brown/white patina dating to the Lower Palaeolithic. The axe is elongated cordate in form and asymmetrical. The butt is U shaped and the tip is pointed. It has straight, slightly battered edges including some fresher unpatined breaks around the tip and one on the butt. It is covered by removals which have been well smoothed by water action. The highpoint on each face is slightly off centre and as such the bevelling is steeper on one side than the other. The underlying flint is a pale yellow brown.
Notes:
This is part of a collection of 51 Palaeolithic hand tools discovered during the finder's lifetime.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 400000 BC
Date to: Circa 40000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 179 mm
Width: 92.5 mm
Thickness: 46.1 mm
Weight: 794 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 3318
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Fareham (District)
Parish or ward: Warsash (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5105
Four figure Latitude: 50.842285
Four figure longitude: -1.277028
1:25K map: SU5105
1:10K map: SU50NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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