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HANDAXE
Unique ID: KENT3753
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Acheulian handaxe, white/cream colour, with slight damage to point.
Notes:
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Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: 800000 BC
Date to: 180000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 95 mm
Width: 60 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1965
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: KENT MOLASH
Spatial coordinates
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