Record ID: DOR-CAC6C5
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, small, bifacially worked, flint handaxe of cordate type. The handaxe was found on a beach and consequently is rolled and abraded with a small amount of edge damage. There is invasive soft hammer flaking covering both faces. The butt and mid portion of the axe is thick and it then tapers to a rounded point. The cross section is lentoid. The cutting edges are very straight. The flint has an orangey brown patina which is probably the result of secondary deposition in river gravel outwash. Date: Lower Palaeolithic - c. 500,000 to 150,000 BC Dimensions: 105 mm x 65 mm x 29 …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
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Record ID: DOR-387A5C
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A probable handaxe. A pointed plano convex handaxe made on a large flake of orange-brown Greensand chert. A relatively small striking platform at the proximal end and a large diffuse bulb of percussion. The dorsal face has several flake removals along the edges,shaping it to a blunted point at the distal end and giving it a central longitudinal ridge producing a sub-triangular cross section. There is some recent edge damage and abrasion which is consistent with a beach findspot. Date: Probably Lower Palaeolithic - c. 500000 to 150000 BC Dimensions: 111 mm x 58.5 mm x 29 mm Weight: 179 g
Created on: Monday 12th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 23rd February 2015
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Record ID: DOR-57AD64
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A flaked handaxe. The flint is dark grey and patinated to a glossy off-white. The flint is highly siliceous with a few patches of more chalky composition. The axe is sub-triangular or cordiform in plan, with a plano-convex cross section and a straight profile. Both faces are covered in soft-hammer flake removals resulting from the thinning process. One face has numerous parallel flaking scars, the other has fewer wider and larger flake removals. The butt is gently convex with distinct corners where it meets the straight lateral edges. The butt has been further worked by retouching fro…
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2012
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