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2019.8.7

Chert(?) hand-axe. [AG 28/06/2019]

2019.8.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Chert(?) hand-axe. [AG 28/06/2019]
Long description
Bifacial chert(?) triangular hand-axe, honey-coloured flecked with grey and brown, two striking platforms. [AG 28/06/2019]
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, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Depth: max 24 mm, Width: max 71 mm, Length: max 99 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2019.8.7
Research and responses

Colour similar to other chert examples in this collection but texture and grain appear different, does not appear to be flint or quartzite [AG 28/06/2019]

Photographed in Hack (2010), drawing in Hack (1999)- Fig. 4 [AG 28/06/2019]

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". Hack, Brian 1999 'More Handaxes from Somerset', Axbridge Archaeological & Local History Society Journal 1999, pp. 26-28. The object is illustrated on p.27, drawing no.4. [AG 28/06/2019] 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 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 28/06/2019]

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