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TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Unique ID: DOR-34EBB9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a flint tranchet axehead. The object is irregularly bifacially flaked, with an asymmetrical cross-section. The margins are crude and sometimes markedly 'zig-zag': there are some areas of deliberate battering to blunt them. The cutting edge (now damaged, either in use or post-loss) is formed by removal of an oblique flake across the end of the axe. The break is slightly oblique, the presence of a small bulb on one edge of the break may indicate deliberate 'anvil' breakage. The axe has a matt off white , all over patina with some reddish brown ferrous stains.
Date: Mesolithic 10000 to 4000BC.
Dimensions: 78mm x 43.7mm x 30mm.
Weight: 130.6g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 78 mm
Width: 43.7 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight: 130.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017 - Friday 30th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS-019037/7
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Tarrant Keyneston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9203
Four figure Latitude: 50.82648133
Four figure longitude: -2.11495114
1:25K map: ST9203
1:10K map: ST90SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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