Find Spot record 0129800000 - SNOWBALL FARM,BURNHAM

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic handaxe from Snowball Farm, Burnham

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0083 mm Width 0049
SMALL SEMI-TRIANGULAR HAND AXE. QUITE WELL MADE, SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE, BUT SOME CORTEX REMAINING. LIGHTLY ROLLED (BIBL1). A PIT AT NGR MAY HAVE PRODUCED THE HAND-AXE SO MARKED IN BCM. IT IS ON THE BOYN HILL TERRACE AT C.165FT.OD.(BIBL2)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey, no pit visible (B3-4)

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC2090 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <2>SBC17055 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P233.
  • <3>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.25 p67.
  • <4>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-2 No.25.

Location

Grid reference SU 93300 83700 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Nov 19 2009 12:43PM

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