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NEOLITHIC POLISHED AXEHEAD
Early Neolithic polished stone axehead or possibly an adze. The tool is incomplete (the butt has broken away) and has been ground so that the surface is smooth. The width of the axehead/adze is unusually narrow and it may have been ground for reuse or used as a small adze. The blade edge is complete and is sharp. The stone is a bluish grey colour and is likely to be Langdale stone – known as g…
Subject
- archaeology - NEOLITHIC
Type of item
- POLISHED AXEHEAD
Medium
- Flint
Subject
- archaeology - NEOLITHIC
Type of item
- POLISHED AXEHEAD
Medium
- Flint
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Creation date
- -3500
- -3500
Places
- United Kingdom; North Yorkshire; Ryedale
Identifier
- SWYOR-AC5EF7
Year
- -3500
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-04-19T15:12:12.884Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:35:16.838Z