2019.8.5

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone hand-axe. [AG 27/06/2019]

Long description

Bifacial chert/flint(?) triangular hand-axe, light-brown and grey colour, one striking platform, retouch on edges. [AG 27/06/2019]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Somerset Abbot's Leigh Chapel Pill Farm

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Brian Hack

Field collector A.C. 'Joe' Cornish

PRM source Brian Hack

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Lower Palaeolithic

Date collected

1991- 1992

Acquisition information

Donated: 18/02/2019

Materials and processes

Material Chert Stone, Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Depth: max 32 mm, Width: max 54 mm, Length: max 85 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2019.8.5

Research and responses

Uncertain type of stone, most likely either chert or flint due to these being the most common materials at the site [AG 28/06/2019]

Photographed in Hack (2010) [AG 27/06/2019]

Associated publications

Publications featuring this hand-axe- Hack, Brian 2010 ' Lower Palaeolithic Artefacts from Abbots Leigh, Somerset', Somerset Archaeology and Natural History: The Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society for 2009, Vol. 153, p.157. A photograph of the object, along with eleven other hand-axes, is published as figure 1, p.157 with the caption "Bifacial handaxes from Abbot's Leigh". [AG 27/06/2019] Publications about the Abbots Leigh Site & Finds- Hack, Brian, and A.P. Cornish 1991 'Preliminary Report on a Recent Collection of Stone Artefacts from the "100 Foot Terrace" at Abbots Leigh, Avon', Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, Vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 33-41 Hack, Brian 1992 'A Distinctive "Chopping Tool" Element on the '100ft Terrace' at Abbos Leigh, Avon', Proceedings of the Bristol Spelaeological Society, Vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 273-5 Hack, Brian 1993 'A "Quartzite" Handaxe of Acheulian Type from Abbots Leigh Avon', Retrospect: Axbridge Archaeological and Local History Society, no. 160 (October) pp. 3-5 Hack, Brian 1999 'More Handaxes from Somerset', Axbridge Archaeological & Local History Society Journal 1999, pp. 26-28 Hack, Brian 2002 ' Collections of Lower Palaeolithic Artefacts from Abbots Leigh, Somerset (1991-1992)', Lithics: The Newsletter of the Lithics Studies Society, no. 23, pp. 48-51 Lacaille, A. D. 1954 'Palaeoliths from the Lower Reaches of the Bristol Avon', Antiquaries Journal, Vol. 34, nos 1/2 (January-April), pp.1-27 Roe, D.A. 1974 'Palaeolithic Artefacts from the River Avon Terraces Near Bristol' Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, Vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 319-26 [AG 27/06/2019]

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