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HANDAXE
Unique ID: MAS-O100099
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Heavily sea-rolled and worn worked flint tool, covered in chalk patination (see third image). The flint measures 80 mm long, 60 mm wide and 30 mm thick, and unfortunately about 20% of the working end has recently broken off. Due to wear and damage on this hand-worked tool it has been difficult to confidently identify. Bryan Popple of Bournemouth Natural Science Society and Museum believes it could possibly be Homo neanderthalensis dating to around 200,000 years bp (before present). The smaller size indicates typical Neanderthal workings in comparison to the larger and older Homo heidelbergensis handaxe previously reported as MAS-100062. The attached images shows both handaxes for comparison. The possible Neanderthal tool is the smaller darker tool. Matt Leivers, an in-house flint specialist at Wessex Archaeology was unsure whether the flint was a handaxe and would need to visually inspect the object in order to be certain.
Notes:
This item was found with a large handaxe (MAS-O100062).
Class:
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Sub class: CUTTING EQUIPMENT
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 80 mm
Width: 60 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 17th July 2017
Personal details
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Recorded by: L R
Identified by: Mr Bryan Popple
Secondary identifier: Mr Matt Leivers
Materials and construction
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SZ2293
Four figure Latitude: 50.73620009
Four figure longitude: -1.68961218
1:25K map: SZ2293
1:10K map: SZ23SW
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