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MESOLITHIC TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead, small area of cortex present, no recortication, the flint can be seen to be a poor quality, mixed grey and off-white and opaque.. The implement.has a lozenge section, keeled on both sides, the flaking is coarse. The cutting edge was formed by the removal of the eponymous 'tranchet' flakes but some flakes have been removed either by retouch or as result of damage…
Subject
- archaeology - MESOLITHIC
Type of item
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Medium
- Flint
Subject
- archaeology - MESOLITHIC
Type of item
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Medium
- Flint
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Creation date
- -9000
- -9000
Places
- United Kingdom; East Sussex; Lewes
Identifier
- FAKL-EC9C03
Year
- -9000
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-04-19T11:36:11.703Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T16:25:26.517Z