Record ID: LEIC-748E1E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible stone Paleolithic handaxe, dating to c. 500,000 - 180,000 BC. The handaxe is possibly made from a quartzite. The axe is drop shaped and pointed oval in section. The handaxe is made from a dark brown stone and has a glossy exterior.  Length: 101.6 mm Width: 54.6 mm Thickness: 30.5 mm Weight: 172.16 g
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-73A1EC
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic flint blade. Tertiary unidirectional blade, translucent, mid bluish-grey patina. Unidirectional dorsal scars.
Created on: Monday 15th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-04F053
Object type: POINT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Palaeolithic flint point. Made on flint, mid-brown and light brownish-cream opaque patina. Recorticated on dorsal face. Invasive, scaler retouch on ventral face on left as well as the long, direct, squared-off tip. Could be use damage.
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-C3F19C
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Palaeolithic flint naturally-backed knife. Made on chalky flint. Cutting edge is slightly refined at various stages along the edge (low -angle, scaler retouch. Point end is also retouched (scaler, semi-abrupt).
Created on: Friday 1st November 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-C3E1F3
Object type: DENTICULATE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Palaeolithic flint denticulate. Made on flint, mid-reddish-brown speckled opaque patina Hard-hammer technology. Large plain butt, hinge-fractured on distal. Some ventral scaler, semi-abrupt retouch on the right. The left has been denticulated by notching, also on the ventral.
Created on: Friday 1st November 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-7153E6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Possible Middle Palaeolithic quartzite naturally-backed knife. Made on a quartzite cobble, struck alternatively to create a long cutting edge which has been retouched (short, low angle, alternatively, scaler).
Created on: Monday 28th October 2019
Last updated: Sunday 19th January 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-E7A857
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Palaeolithic flint end scraper. Made on a flint nodule, heavily patinated. Invasive, abrupt, scaler retouch at one end to create the scraper. The opposing end has received some similar attention. A small break shows how thick the patination/recortication is.
Created on: Sunday 15th September 2019
Last updated: Sunday 19th January 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-E79722
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Palaeolithic flint implement: multiple tool. Made on a very large tertiary blade, very light cream opaque patina. No platform present although there is a break. Not blade technology. Opposing orthogonal dorsal scars have created a central ridge. Both lateral edges have long, scaler retouch to create a scraping edge on the right and a denticulated edge on the left. On the right the retouch is all inverse, semi-abrupt and low-angle, and on the left the retouch is alternating, abrupt and low-angle, Either Middle or Upper Palaeolithic but cannot be dated with certainty.
Created on: Sunday 15th September 2019
Last updated: Sunday 19th January 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-E7833E
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Palaeolithic chert implement: multiple tool. Made on a broken flake, with some re-cortication and opaque patination. Chert is light mottled browns and greys with some iron-staining. Denticulations along both lateral edges. The distal end has an awl fashioned by notching on either side. The ventral face has been flaked. Piece appears to be Middle Palaeolithic but Neolithic cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Sunday 15th September 2019
Last updated: Sunday 19th January 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-E65CDA
Object type: DENTICULATE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Palaeolithic flint denticulate. Made on a broken flint core fragment, dark and mid-brown and mid-grey opaque patina. Created by use of scaler retouch in abrupt, denticulated fashion.
Created on: Sunday 15th September 2019
Last updated: Saturday 18th January 2020
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