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Object Number
36-16-40/3604
Display Title
Flint fist axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chipped stone biface, fist axe, roughly ovate, with cortex
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chellean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
England
Additional Geographic Terms
Buckingham; Thames Valley; Marlow District
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 7.7 x 6.1 cm (6 11/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-16-40/3604
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for Flint fist axe - unrolled
| 37-10-40/3753 | Flint fist axe - unrolled |
Axe
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Berkshire
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| 36-22A-40/3715 | Primitive flint fist axe |
Axe
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Brandon
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| 37-10-40/3748 | 4 flint fist axes - medium rolling |
Axe
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Berkshire
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| 35-32-40/1852 | 3 flint fist axes |
Axe
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France
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| 31-55-40/E3737 | Fist axe, flint |
Axe
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Madrid
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| 31-55-40/E3736 | Fist axe, flint |
Axe
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Madrid
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| 31-55-40/E3744 | Fist axe, flint |
Axe
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Madrid
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| 35-32-40/1861 | Flint fist axe with plough stains |
Axe
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France
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| 36-96-50/1707 | Large coarsely worked quartzite fist axe with cortex adhering to the butt end |
Axe
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Nsongezi
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| 36-1-60/2649 | 4 flint fist axes - 3 heavily rolled & patinated with cortex adhearing |
Axe
Raw Material |
Syria
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| 36-6-50/1544 | 5 stone fist axes |
Axe
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Oldoway
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| 36-96-50/1727 | Small quartzite fist axe with sinuous edge |
Axe
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Mile 51 on the Kampala-Jinga Road
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