NHER 7804 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TAVERHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
June 1972. Stray Find.
Found by River Wensum on marshy ground, after dredging about a year before:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe "of Acheulian pointed silhouette". Shallow-flaked, thin and somewhat rolled or waterworn. See drawing (S1). Information from (S2).
This find was first reported in (S3) and is described on (S4) and in (S5) as a pointed handaxe with tip missing, Wymer Type F b/- c (if complete). It is also noted in (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 May 2014.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 11 SW 7.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91245 Illustration: Clough, T. 1972. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Taverham. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF2462 Serial: 1972. Council for British Archaeology, Group 7: Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1972. No 19. p 11.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Taverham.
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 57.
- <S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-2, No.9.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22582.
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
Jun 6 2016 10:24AM