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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: SF-BBE441
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete flint polished axehead of Neolithic date. It is struck from a mottled pale grey to white flint, is roughly triangular in form and pointed oval in section with flattened/faceted edges. The rounded butt end is complete and has limited short, long angled and scaled retouch on both faces. Both sides of the axe have flattened, rectangular faces that are smoothly polished and narrow towards each end of the axe. Each of the faces are smoothly polished with few flake scars visible, although with some orange/brown staining probably resultant from plough damage. At the blade end the axe is triangular in profile, tapering towards the cutting edge, and appears to have been re-sharpened, with extensive transverse scratches either a result of polishing/shrpening or use-wear. The cutting edge is crescentic in form with slight damage at its centre, and sharpened unevenly to one side. The axe measures 142.54mm in length, 60.62mm in width, 26.42mm in thickness and 250.69g in weight. This axe dates to the Neolithic period, c.4000-2550 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2551 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 142.54 mm
Width: 60.62 mm
Thickness: 26.42 mm
Weight: 250.69 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Thriplow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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