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AXEHEAD

Unique ID: DOR-B3ABDE

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A probable later Neolithic flint flaked axehead, dating to 2700-2350 BC. A small axehead made on a large tertiary flake of beige flint which has patinated to blue-white colour. It is lozenge shaped in cross section. The implement has been bifacially worked to thin and shape it. The axehead flares from the rounded narrow but to the damaged cutting edge making it sub triangular in shape. There are remnants of probably deliberate abrasion along the sides, possibly to blunt them for use. There is damage along both sides and the cutting edge, some of which has been re-patinated.
Length: 78.79 mm
Width: 33.52 mm
Thickness 14.05 mm
Weight: 33.3g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 78.79 mm
Width: 33.52 mm
Thickness: 14.05 mm
Weight: 33.3 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 017820

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Itchen Stoke and Ovington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5735
Four figure Latitude: 51.11146781
Four figure longitude: -1.18712602
1:25K map: SU5735
1:10K map: SU53NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Green, M.	2000	A Landscape Revealed : 10,000 Years on a Chalkland Farm	Stroud	Tempus Publishing Ltd	66	Fig. 41

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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