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Unique ID: HAMP-C79C74
Object type certainty: Certain
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A broken and incomplete Neolithic polished stone axehead (c. 3500 - c. 2100 BC). The blade has been chipped and damaged (W.: 49.9mm), but the majority of damage/losses have occurred to the body resulting in the loss of the butt. Where complete, the axehead is lenticular in cross-section and in side view. In plan, the sides flare evenly from the butt end towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is evenly curved and has received much pecking, probably post depositional. The polishing seems to be all over the extant surface, along with some very fine scratch marks, mostly longitudinal and diagonal. The breaks are ragged and extend down one of the sides. The other side shows slight battering. The stone is light-white/grey in colour with iron staining on the arrises.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 77.85 mm
Width: 49.9 mm
Thickness: 26.55 mm
Weight: 98.62 g
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Other reference: E3127
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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