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Record ID: CORN-AF0C19
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Axehead of metabasic rock derived from a doleritic/gabbroic igneous rock with some aspects of Group1 mineralogy, ovate in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. The blade end is weathered and damaged at one end, and the butt end has been pecked and ground in order to taper it to a point for hafting. The dorsal face is much more uneven and has the characteristic pitted weathering seen with implements derived from coarser gabbroic greenstone, and the ventral face has been ground to a more smooth surface. The dorsal face has a curved groove that follows a thin vein of fine-g…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th June 2019
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Record ID: CORN-AEA07F
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Axehead of basaltic basic rock, with black reflective crystal inclusions, ovate in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. The blade end is weathered and has been damaged by a shallow linear groove on the dorsal face, probably caused by a plough, and the butt end has been pecked and ground in order to taper it for hafting. Both faces have a pink colour probably caused by iron staining and the course pitted crystalline appearance of the surface suggests that it may have been heated and altered in some way, which could have led to the crack that runs transversely thoughout t…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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Record ID: CORN-AE1374
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete axehead roughout of doleritic and gabbroic rock subject to substantial replacement by amphibole similar to Group 1, lozenge-shaped in plan, profile and in section. The blade end has been damaged by a deep linear groove on both faces, probably caused by a plough, and the butt end has been pecked in order to taper it, but not ground or completed. The dorsal face is rough and uneven with several ridges alternating with recesses which have not been ground down, and has the characteristic pitted weathering seen with implements derived from coarser gabbroic greenstone. The ventra…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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Record ID: CORN-AD44BC
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete axehead or hammerstone of a doleritic basic rock with a general similarity to the variants of Group 16, sub-square in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. The blade end has been damaged through use and wear and the butt end has been pecked and appears to have had secondary use as a hammerstone. The ventral face is more ground and polished but has several deep grooves and gashes from more recent damage as well as an area where the surface has spalled away near the right margin. The dorsal face is smooth in two areas but also has areas of damage towards the bla…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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Record ID: CORN-AB58F1
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken blade end of an adze of gabbroic greenstone, sub-square in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. About half of the original tool survives, as it is missing its longer but tapering butt end that would have been hafted. The adze may have originally been about three times as long, judging from similar ethnographic parallels, in order to balance it with the wooden haft or handle. In profile the blade is plano-convex, with a defined yet scooped edge, suggesting that the tool was used as an adze for carving and smoothing the wood rather than an axe for chopping. The ven…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
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