File:Bronze Age Palstave , Annotated image of a copper-alloy flanged palstave with slight central rib (FindID 614093).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(6,380 × 4,876 pixels, file size: 2.94 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Bronze Age Palstave : Annotated image of a copper-alloy flanged palstave with slight central rib
Photographer
Cambridgeshire County Council, Helen Fowler, 2015-07-01 13:04:11
Title
Bronze Age Palstave : Annotated image of a copper-alloy flanged palstave with slight central rib
Description
English: A copper-alloy flanged palstave with slight central rib. The blade is flared and the extreme edge and corners are missing due to damage and corrosion.

The palstave weighs 459.73g in its present condition. It has a length of 155.0mm, width of 25.1mm that increases to the maximum (but incomplete due to damage) width across the flaring blade of 64.0mm and maximum thickness of 25.8mm. See blue lines on the annotated image.

The artefact has a single shield shaped decoration positioned below the fused stop, and a subtle lateral single mid-rib below the shield. The cast side flanges are fused to the stop ridge and do not continue beyond the stop ridge. The blade is a crescentic or splayed fan shape. Some of these features are obscured from view by the presence of a concretion product that is present within the depressed areas to either side of and also covering the stop. See yellow dashed lines on the annotated image. Use wear is present on the blade.

Discussion: This form of axe fits into the primary, or early phase, palstaves being specifically of group III c.1500-1300 BC, which corresponds with Acton Park II and Taunton metalworking assemblages (Needham Period 5) - and with Burgess's Metal Working Stage VIII and IX.

Similar to Watson, P.J. Catalogue of British and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham City Museums. 1993. BAR British series 233, p.7, no.41-43.

Also compare with CAM-0880B9.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 1500 BC and 1300 BC
Accession number
FindID: 614093
Old ref: CAM-10D8B1
Filename: CAM10D8B1annotated.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/523247
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/523247/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/614093
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 2 December 2020)

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: Cambridgeshire County Council
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current12:55, 23 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 12:55, 23 February 20196,380 × 4,876 (2.94 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, CAM, FindID: 614093, bronze age, page 6124, batch count 5006

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Bronze_Age_Palstave_,_Annotated_image_of_a_copper-alloy_flanged_palstave_with_slight_central_rib_(FindID_614093).jpg&oldid=834959672"