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HANDAXE
Unique ID: DENO-855E35
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A Palaeolithic sub-cordate hand axe, Both faces have small area of thin, smooth cortex while one flake has a large 'pot lid' scar (equally patinated and stained brown as the rest of the hand axe). Flakes have been removed from both surfaces to shape the axe. It is an elongated oval in plan, tapering toward a pointed cutting end. The edges of the axe are damaged and worn. The appearance of the hand axe is suggestive that it is derived from a gravel deposit.
Length 152mm, width 85.7mm, thickness 38.9mm, weight 523.6g Found on Happisburgh beach, Norfolk, summer 2008
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 800000 BC
Date to: Exactly 180000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 152 mm
Width: 85.7 mm
Thickness: 38.9 mm
Weight: 523.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 31st May 2008 - Monday 31st August 2009
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60703
Other reference: E6637
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Happisburgh Beach
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