Record ID: CORN-DA306D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint axe dating from the Neolithic period, an elongated oval in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. Made on a flint nodule which has been flaked on both sides to produce the shape of the axe: a series of regular, large flake scars is visible along both margins and on both faces. The resulting tool is thin at the edges, with a thick ridge along the medial line on both faces and two narrow, curved ends. All of the cortex has been removed by this process. The principal cutting end, or blade, is wider than the butt which is also thin enough to have also been used for cutti…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 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
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Record ID: CORN-7133D3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete polished chert Neolithic axehead, trapezoidal in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. According to Implement Petrology classifications: the face shape is virtually a symmetrical ovate (Class FS01), a medium symmetrical in profile (P02) and a pointed oval (CS13) in cross section. The blade section is symmetrical (BS10), the cutting edge curved, symmetrical (ES04), and the butt rounded in plan and pointed in profile (BU10). All surfaces have been ground and polished from a flaked roughout. At the butt end on the ventral face are two medium-sized flake scars which …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Record ID: CORN-17FB73
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint axehead, oval in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The axehead is straight-sided and tapers towards the butt end which has a rounded terminal, where the axehead would have been hafted. Flakes have been taken off on both the dorsal and the ventral faces at the distal end to create the blade, which has then also been polished, but the rest of the axe has been left with its flake scars. There are darkened areas on both faces, where the axehead is polished, which probably represent use-wear, but the recorder was not able to look at the specimen under a microscope to co…
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2014
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Record ID: CORN-D3E943
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint polished axehead, ovate in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The axehead has a rounded butt end, which would have been hafted on to the axe handle, and straight sides which expand slightly towards a semi-circular, fine, sharp blade at the distal end. The axehead has been flaked and then polished and there are still remnant flake scars which have not been polished away at the butt end and on both margins of both faces of the axehead. There are a few flakes and nicks that look more fresh on both faces and some edges, which may be due to more recent damage, and some i…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2013
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Record ID: CORN-42E086
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Flint axehead of mottled grey-brown flint which suggests that it may have been derived from the local pebble beach flint. The axehead is straight-sided and tapers towards the butt end which has a pointed bifid terminal on either side of the notched proximal end, where the axehead would have been hafted. The flake that he been taken off on both the dorsal and the ventral faces at the distal end to create the blade end, which has then also been polished, but the rest of the axe has been left with its flake scars. Both margins have been retouched, but the left margin of the dorsal face a…
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
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Record ID: CORN-C1CD03
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake from a polished axehead (Alison Roberts, Ashmolean Museum, pers comm), pentagonal in plan with parallel oblique margins, and lozenge-shaped in profile and in section, with a central medial ridge. The proximal end retains the bulb of percussion on the ventral face and the distal end has been truncated by a hinge fracture on the ventral face, which restricts the re-use of this edge. There is a thin section of the polished edge remaining on the upper left margin of the dorsal face. The left margin of the ventral face has some retouch towards the hinge fracture, but this is ha…
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
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