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[edit]| Mesolithc Adze | |||
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Colchester Museums, Laura McLean, 2007-07-04 16:29:13 |
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| Title |
Mesolithc Adze |
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| Description |
English: Mesolithic flint adze dating 9000 to 6000 BC. The rough shape of the adze was created using a hard hammer to remove the outer cortex of a flint nodule, however large amount of natural cortex survives on one edge of the adze. This roughout was then further shaped using covering removals. The edge without cortex, and the blade end have semi-abrupt removals to further shape the adze. The surface of the adze is covered in removals with scars and some impact ripples present where flakes were removed from the surface. The adze is sub-rectangular in plan with a lenticular cross section with pointed edges. On the worked edge, the profile of the adze is sub-rectangular with elongated pointed blade end. The opposing edge has a natural cream-brown coloured cortex covering approximately 50% of the edge, giving a sub-triangular profile when viewed from this side. There is a small amount of damage on the cutting edge of the blade. The implement was knapped from flint which is a dark chocolate-brown in colour, with a slight reddish tint. The adze is 133.63mm long, 47.33mm wide and 31.86mm thick. It weighs 247.12 grams. Reference: C Butler (2005) Prehistoric Flintwork, pages 99-103. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Essex | ||
| Date | between 9000 BC and 6000 BC | ||
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FindID: 185547 Old ref: ESS-A66C20 Filename: ESS-A66C20 Mesolithic Adze.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/143439 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/143439/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/185547 |
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