Record ID: HAMP-787113
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower Paleolithic flint Cordate (heart-shaped) handaxe of Butler mode 2 type J  dating c. 600,000-300,000 years ago. The handaxe has a light reddish brown colour and a pointed oval section.  Both faces are finished by shallow invasive flaking (soft hammer), with the planar face also having almost continuous finer edge retouch, in places giving a step-flaked edge.There is an imperfection in the flint near the base (a hollow filled with crystals) which has been used to create the notch typically seen on Cordate handaxes. 
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-742F17
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle palaeolithic convex side scraper (Mode 3). Features one convex lateral edge modified with semi-abrupt retouch to form scraping edge.  The opposite edge is unmodified, with one side of the scraper retaining its light grey cortex, and the other side a light reddish brown colour. Dates c. 245,000-40,000 BP. 
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-740353
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Paleolithic mode 2 ovate handaxe (500,000-300,000 years ago) that is sub-oval in plan and has a sub-oval section.  The tool is bifacially worked from a light reddish brown flint using soft hammer flaking. The surface is pitted and heavily abraded from a prolonged exposure to flowing water. 
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-0A8E6F
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 Preform biface of  small Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 flint  ovate handaxe of Butler (2005) Type K dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The handaxe is made of dark blue-grey  flint pebble with with a white patina. The base of the handaxe has not been worked and the original surface of the pebble is present. This may be deliberate, or the axe is not finished. The handaxe is sub-oval in shape and sub-oval in section. that has had medium sized hard and soft hammer flakes removed across its entire surface.
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-0A7E9C
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete small Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 flint  ovate handaxe of Butler (2005) Type K dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The handaxe is made of dark blue-grey  flint with with a white patina. The handaxe is sub-oval in shape and sub-oval in section. Bifacial handaxe that has had medium sized soft hammer flakes removed across its entire surface.
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-0A6111
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Lower Palaeolithic  handaxe  preform dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The handaxe is made of  pale brownish orange flint with with an orange patina. The handaxe is sub-rectangular in shape and sub-oval in section. Bifacial handaxe that has had hard-hammer flakes removed across most of its surface, with some patina remaining near the base and on one side. .
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-0A4BFA
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete small Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 flint  ovate handaxe of Butler (2005) Type K dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The handaxe is made of  pale brownish orange flint with with an orange patina. The handaxe is sub-oval in shape and sub-oval in section. Bifacial handaxe that has had medium sized soft hammer flakes removed across its entire surface.
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-0A2258
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 flint handaxe (cleaver)  of Butler (2005) Type H dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The cleaver  is made of  pale brownish-white flint with orange patches and has a white patina. The handaxe is sub-rectangular in shape and sub-oval in section, with  a broken  butt that has some patina remaining. The ventral surface of the axe has some large hard-hammer flakes removed, but the majority look to be slightly smaller soft-hammer flakes, particularly near the tip of the cleaver which has had yet smaller flakes …
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-095F8B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 pointed flint handaxe of Butler (2005) Type F dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The axe  is made of  pale greyish-white flint with orange patches and has a heavy patina. The handaxe is sub-oval in shape and in section, with  a rounded butt that has a deliberate notch. The sides of the axe taper gradually to its semi-pointed tip. The entire surface of the axe has been knapped with  a semi-soft hammer and there is no cortex remaining . All flake scars are fairly large and likely made with a  …
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-D6A0E4
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a flint Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean handaxe or biface dating between 500,000-180.000 BP. This fragment is probably from the butt of the axe, and looks to have been broken and retouched to be used as a scraper in the Bronze Age. The fragment is yellowish-brown and has some white patina.The axe is sub-triangular in section and large flakes have been removed all over the undamaged surface, with more delicate flaking around the edge of the axe. There is some wear around the edge of the axe as well.  There isabrupt retouch of the proximal end of the broken a…
Created on: Sunday 22nd January 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-11F0A9
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck and worked flake of probable Palaeolithic date. It is a worked naturally-occurring flake, with a thick profile, no evidence of a bulb of percussion, but clear retouch down one edge. Water worn with small areas of post-depositional shattering and damage, but the retouch is clearly discernible.  Width (max): 22 Thickness (at proximal end): 10.5mm Thickness (at distal): 5.2mm 
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-118515
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small lower Palaeolithic chopper tool or handaxe. Bifacially worked. Orange surfaces (iron-stained) with small patches of underlying grey material visible, and a patch of cortex at the apex.
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-110A78
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete Lower Palaeolithic ovate handaxe. Orange chert, bifacially worked, with small areas of later shattering to the edges and a small removal scar (damage) to the right lower edge of one face which reveals the underlying grey colour. 
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-C402E8
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lower palaeolithic small ovate handaxe. Dark grey/brown flint with a band of white across the lower half of one face.   Width (butt): 63.5mm at widest point (butt). Width: 61mm (mid point). 
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warsash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4485BE
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe of chordate form (Wymer Type J), struck from a pale brown flint which is heavily patinated with a thick white patina from prolonged secondary deposition in calcareous sediments. The axe measures 92.6mm long by 74.6mm wide and 38.4mm thick and is bifacially worked with invasive soft hammer flaking covering both faces. The cutting edges are heavily abraded and the pointed tip has broken off.
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-4EE652
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Palaeolithic ovate handaxe. Bifacially worked with an area of cortext remaining in the centre of one face and both sides with white recortication. Damage to one end reveals the underlying grey/brown chert. Waterworn.     
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-4EB67E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small ovate Palaeolithic handaxe. Pale grey/buff chert. Bifacially worked, but with a large area of brown cortex remaining on one face.  
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-DE087F
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Palaeolithic Coygan ('Bout Coupe') handaxe. Cream/beige flint or chert. Sub-rectangular with a straight base, and narrows to a rounded tip (now incomplete). All edges have shattered damage. One face has a flat profile formed by three horizontal removal scars, the left-most with a further removal flake at 45 degrees to the edge. The other face has a raised profile with invasive, stepped or scaled, low angle retouch. An area of cortex remains at the base. Palaeolithic handaxes are common finds from Hampshire, but more typically of Lower Palaeolithic date and from the sout…
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-CB6C52
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic sub-cordate handaxe. Bifacially worked with areas of cortex remaining on both surfaces. The 'ventral' face has invasive removal scars to the right and left of the pointed apex, and natural fracture lines at the butt. The 'dorsal' has invasive stepped removals along both sides, and a large natural fracture with loss of surface area at the butt, corresponding to the fracture line on the other face. Water worn. Orange/beige chert with small patches of recortication.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-CB4975
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic 'crude stone-struck' handaxe. Both faces retain large areas of cortex. The 'ventral' face has probable removal scars from the mid-point to the pointed tip. The 'dorsal' face has invasive stepped removals from the butt (right side). Areas of natural damage to the edges. Very water worn. Orange/beige chert.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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