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HANDAXE
Unique ID: NARC-47CC8E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint Handaxe of Upper Palaeolithic date (150,00-10,000 BC). The lithic is sub-triangular plan and concavo-convex in section. The dorsal surface has long scaled flaking to the left and right hand edges. The mesal and proximal edges are covering in retained cortex. The distal, right and left hand edges have abrupt retouch. The ventral surface has covering scaled flaking. The lithic retains a large amount cortex and is therefore a primary flake.
The flint is a light orange/brown in colour with grey inclusions throughout, the cortex is a mid-brown in colour.
Notes:
Associated finds from clay deposit include fragments of Tooth and Tusk and various unidentified Bone fragments
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 150000 BC
Date to: Circa 10000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 72.9 mm
Width: 53.65 mm
Thickness: 19.47 mm
Weight: 72.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th May 1996
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Wellingborough (District)
Parish or ward: Wollaston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8964
Four figure Latitude: 52.26696762
Four figure longitude: -0.69723755
1:25K map: SP8964
1:10K map: SP86SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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