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Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe
Pointed ovate handaxe, with plano-convex longitudinal section. Areas of characteristic cortex remain on the dorsal surface of the flake on which it is made. Heavily patinated, slightly rolled, but otherwise undamaged. The piece has a heavy white patina.
Flint handaxe found on a cliff at Rhossilli, Gower peninsula. This flint tool was used for butchery about 300,000 years ago.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
78.19H
Find Information
Site Name: Rhossili, Gower
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1978 / Apr
Notes: The absence of iron staining indicates that the handaxe has not been in a river deposit. It was probably resting on the surface before incorporation into last glaciation deposits (which form the cliffs at Rhossili), before deposition by wave erosion on the beach.
Measurements
length / mm:110.0
width / mm:53.7
thickness / mm:26.6
weight / g:154.4
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