NHER 30968 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic handaxe fragment
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG00SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March/April 1994. Stray Find.
1 Palaeolithic cordate handaxe, broken in antiquity. Finely worked by shallow invasive flaking over whole surface. Patinated and stained brown, lightly rolled. See drawing (S1).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file. This discovery was reported in (S2) and is also noted on (S3).
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 October 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 February 2014.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF77270 Illustration: Robins, P. 1994. Drawing of an incomplete Palaeolithic cordate flint handaxe from Wymondham. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF86418 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1995. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1994. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt II pp 221-229. p 221.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Wymondham.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 10 2016 6:13PM