Palaeoloithic Handaxe 3

One of a collection of handaxes recovered from a gravel extraction site at Dunbridge, Hampshire. Palaeolithic (500,000-10,000BC).

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Kraken Mosaics says:

Approx how large is this?
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Handaxes can vary wildly in size, this one is 15 to 16 cm long. Each axe is unique but can be recognised as a style produced at a particular time. They are fashioned from the centre of a flint nodule by removing flakes from around it.

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Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Travis S. says:

This looks like a preform that got botched.
Who would leave a lump of cortex on there like that?
Maybe that concavity on the lower left side got too far from the midline to be salvaged.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

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Palaeoloithic Handaxe 3

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