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FLAKED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: FAKL-513607
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Flaked flint axehead, bifacially worked to produce a pointed oval section. Recortication makes it impossible to describe the flint. Some battering on edges and on cutting edge. While this object could be a 'preform' which was intended to be polished the less perscriptive term 'Flaked Axe' is prefered. Probably Neolithic. Length 119mm, Width 60mm, Thickness 31mm, Mass 261.0g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 119 mm
Width: 60 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight: 261 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 1977
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: a IF 272
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: TQ3805
Four figure Latitude: 50.82809716
Four figure longitude: -0.04191667
1:25K map: TQ3805
1:10K map: TQ30NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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