Find Spot record 0156401000 - THAMES AT TAPLOW

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic handaxe found in the River Thames at Taplow

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  • None recorded

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 118mm, Width 68mm.
TYPICAL MID-ACHELIAN HAND AXE MADE ON PEBBLE WITHSOME CORTEX REMAINING AT BUTT. WELL MADE WITH SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE. THIN GREY PATINA. LIGHTLY ROLLE D. EX-READING MUSEUM: 84.46/13. (B1-2,B6,B14)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B16-17).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC1280 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS.
  • <2>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <6>SBC11412 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SU 98 SW 65, 94..
  • <14>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8. p33.
  • <16>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.39 p69.
  • <17>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.39.

Location

Grid reference SU 90400 82500 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12704)

Record last edited

Nov 28 2024 11:43AM

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