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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: SOMDOR-5120B1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint handaxe of probable Lower Palaeolithic date. The handaxe is a crude and unifacially worked implement made from light grey and orange-brown flint with brown banding. It has a matte patina. One face has several clear flaking scars and a large area of nodule cortex. The other side is largely unworked, with several natural fractures. However, there are some flaking scars around the edges of this side which are more likely to be derived from human action. Identified by Chris Norman as Wymer (1968) type E.
Notes:
Type E handaxes are found throughout the Lower Palaeolithic period, are smaller than 10cm in length and are usually quite roughly knapped from an opportunistic find of a small nodule or naturally broken piece of flint. Most of the knapping was usually focused on producing one sharp cutting edge for butchery tasks.
Class: Handaxe
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 700000 BC
Date to: Circa 150000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 88.5 mm
Width: 54.4 mm
Thickness: 19.6 mm
Weight: 203 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wymer, J.J. | 1968 | Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain |
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