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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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Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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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.

Acquisition

Purchase, 9/5/1978

Measurements

length / mm:110.0
width / mm:53.7
thickness / mm:26.6
weight / g:154.4

Material

flint

Location

St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes

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Knapping/Making Stone Axes record verified by E.A. Walker
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