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Mesolithic tranchet axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Kevin Leahy, 2015-06-12 22:55:08
Title
Mesolithic tranchet axe
Description
English: Mesolithic trachet axehead made from a flint nodule, original cortex present on one end, the other surfaces are covered by light recortication, covering an opaque, grey, flint. The general section is D shaped with slightly convex underside. The implement is curved along its length and the flaking is coarse, the exception being the area around the transverse cutting edge where some long parallel flakes have been removed. The cutting edge was formed by the removal of single flakes on both faces; the eponymous 'tranchet' flakes. A Mesolithic date seems likely. Length 194mm, Width 51mm, Thickness 36mm, Mass 440.4g
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Sussex
Date between 9000 BC and 4000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 727068
Old ref: FAKL-B32594
Filename: aIF160.jpg
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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/521286
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/521286/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/727068
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 3 December 2020)
Object location50° 50′ 32.64″ N, 0° 01′ 19.33″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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