Flint axehead. A long narrow edge polished flint axe of lozenge section. The object is entirely covered by low angled scalar retouch on both sides, working which typically detached large flakes and left an irregular aris on either side. The wider end was then polished on both sides, and retains a slightly curved cutting edge of length 44.3mm. The narrower end was also trimmed as several smaller and more delicate flake removal scars appear here, producing an oval terminal of width 25.8mm; viewed in profile, the axehead is stepped, becoming c.8mm thicker 39mm from its narrower end. The object is now densely patinated overall, which may suggest it endured a period of exposure after its deposition. The patina conceals the character of the flint selected to make this tool. Suggested date: Late Neolithic, 2700-2350 BC.
Length: 150.7mm, Width: 44.2mm, Thickness: 19.8mm, Weight: 136.46gms
Flint axehead. A long narrow edge polished flint axe of lozenge section. The object is entirely covered by low angled scalar retouch on both sides, working which typically detached large flakes and left an irregular aris on either side. The wider end was then polished on both sides, and retains a slightly curved cutting edge of length 44.3mm. The narrower end was also trimmed as several smaller and more delicate flake removal scars appear here, producing an oval terminal of width 25.8mm; viewed in profile, the axehead is stepped, becoming c.8mm thicker 39mm from its narrower end. The object is now densely patinated overall, which may suggest it endured a period of exposure after its deposition. The patina conceals the character of the flint selected to make this tool. Suggested date: Late Neolithic, 2700-2350 BC.
Length: 150.7mm, Width: 44.2mm, Thickness: 19.8mm, Weight: 136.46gms
The quality of this object may relate it to those rare items deposited in the earliest individual barrow or shaft burials of Neolithic East Yorkshire, some of which seem to represent the reuse or adaptation of the earlier communal long barrows. The object comes from a loop in the Moor Beck which passes through Broughton, and Neolithic long barrows in East Yorkshire are also often positioned in close relation to watercourses.
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NLM-0DBF37
NLM-0DBF37
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Flint
Primary material of object
Complete
44.2
Width
150.7
Length
19.8
Thickness
136.46
Weight
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
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-2700
-2350
Method of manufacture
Classification of object