Record ID: NMS-E01F25
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete ovate or cordate handaxe of Wymer's (1999) type J or K. Invasive soft hammer percussion to both faces, removing all trace of the cortex and/or any trace of the original blank (frost fracture, large flake or flat nodule). The flint is patinated a pale off-white with faint yellowish mottles, both faces have a few spots of iron stains. The flint is cracked by thermal (frost) exposure, the cracks are more extensive on one face than the other, and is responsible for the loss of the tip, the breaks followed the crack lines and are patinated the same as the rest of the handaxe, in…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: CORN-DA2A19
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ficron hand axe of the Acheulean tradition, dating from the Lower Palaeolithic period, originally from the collection of Roy Rainbird Clarke (1914-1963). In plan, the axe is triangular with concave sides, typical of the ficron style of hand axe (Wymer, Mode 2, Type M). Made on a flint nodule the flint has been flaked to remove most of the cortex, except for a large patch at the butt end, producing a tapering axe which is lozenge-shaped in section. The narrow tip has been finely flaked to a point. The surface of the flint is coated with a thick, silky patina which has become a deep o…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-DA21E3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint bifacial ovate hand axe dating from the Lower Palaeolithic period, originally from the collection of Roy Rainbird Clarke (1914-1963). The hand axe belongs to the Acheulean tradition and is classified by Wymer (1999) as Mode 2, Type K on page 11, fig.4. Made on a large flint flake which has been worked by the removal of flakes around the circumference of the flake to produce a roughout, followed by thinning using a soft hammer to remove shallow flakes from both faces, removing all traces of the original flint cortex. The domed dorsal face has been finished by the removal of a s…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.