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HANDAXE
Unique ID: NMS-902496
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Handaxe. Large pointed ovate hand axe, broken transversley at the pinted end in antiquity. 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). Several incipient frost cracks are visable. The appearance of the hand axe is suggestive that it is derived from a gravel deposit.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: 600000 BC
Date to: 150001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 155 mm
Width: 102 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Briston
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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