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ESS-CE3E94 Mesolithic Adze
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Colchester Museums, Laura McLean, 2008-01-03 15:43:54
Title
ESS-CE3E94 Mesolithic Adze
Description
English: Lithic impliment: Mesolithic adze, dating 9000 to 6000 BC. There have been suggestions that tranchet adze continued in use into the Neolithic, however there is no direct evidence for this. The adze is sub-rectangular in plan with a lenticular cross section with pointed edges. In profile the adze is sub-triangular with elongated pointed blade end. The blade end is slightly damaged. The rough shape of the adze was created using a hard hammer to remove the outer cortex of a flint nodule. This roughout was then further shaped using covering removals. Further flakes were removed to narrow the adze and to create the cutting edge. The surface of the adze is covered in removals with scars and some impact ripples present where flakes were removed from the surface. The implement was made from flint which is mid to light grey in colour with small patches of light cream-grey. There is a small amount of orange-brown staining on parts of the edges. The adze is 165mm long, 54.34mm wide and 30.71mm thick. It weighs 294.87 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 9000 BC and 6000 BC
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FindID: 204741
Old ref: ESS-CE3E94
Filename: ESS-CE3E94 Mesolithic Adze.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/160306
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/160306/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/204741
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