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FLAKED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: FAKL-BCAA86
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Flaked flint axe, roughly flaked from a poor quality, opaque, mixed grey flint. Cortex covers part of one surface surface and full recortication has occured. Lozenge section formed by coarse flaking supplimented by battering. Cutting edge formed by the removal of large, semi-abrupt flakes. The object narrows around its mid-point to produce a 'waist'. This object lacks the characteristic 'tranchet' sharpening but a Mesolithic date is likely. Length 127mm, Width 51mm, Thickness 48mm, Mass 292.0g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 127 mm
Width: 51 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight: 292 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: a IF 254
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Iford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3906
Four figure Latitude: 50.83684529
Four figure longitude: -0.02734783
1:25K map: TQ3906
1:10K map: TQ30NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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