Record ID: PUBLIC-B7A9B4
Object type: MATTOCK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age red deer (Cervus elaphus) antler Base Axe mattock dating from 3000 - 1000 BC. This is a Smith Type B mattock. The object consists of the lower beam and basal junction of a red deer antler. The brow tine and bez tine have both been removed, at the distal end (the burr) remains. The mattock has a perforation with a diameter 26.59mm mediolaterally through the beam above the bez tine junction where the haft would have been inserted. At the proximal end the working edge is missing. AMS radiocarbon dating of similar Base Axe mattocks by (Tolan-Smith & Bonsall, …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-2DB52B
Object type: MATTOCK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age red deer (Cervus elaphus) antler Base Axe mattock dating from 3000-1000 BC. The mattock consists of the lower beam and basal junction of a red deer antler. The brow tine and bez tine have both been removed, at the distal end the burr remains. The mattock has a perforation with a diameter 28.33mm mediolaterally through the beam above the bez tine junction where the haft would have been inserted. At the proximal end the working edge is cut 45 degrees and is aligned parallel to that of the orientation of the perforation. AMS radiocarbon dating of similar Base …
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.