British Stone Age 'Happisburgh' Flint Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-250,000 B.P.

3 1/2 in. (4 1/2 in.) (175 grams, 90 mm (213 grams total, 11.3 cm including stand)).

Cordate in profile with worked cutting edge; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Discovered by P Macro at Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, in 2019.

Footnotes

The site of Happisburgh in Norfolk has helped to push the history of inhabitation of the British Isles back by 200,000 years, making it a site of special importance.

CONDITION

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