A New Palaeolithic Giant Handaxe from Britain: Initial Results from Excavations at Maritime Academy, Medway, Kent

Autor: Letty Ingrey, Martin Bates, Sarah Duffy, Matt Pope
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Internet Archaeology.
ISSN: 1363-5387
DOI: 10.11141/ia.61.6
Popis: This paper will present initial results from excavations at Maritime Academy, Frindsbury which produced several handaxes, two of which can be classed as ‘giant handaxes’. Artefacts were recovered from fluvial deposits in the Medway Valley and are thought to date from the Marine Isotope Stage 9 interglacial. This paper will focus on the largest of these handaxes and will present metrical data for the artefact and initial comparison with similar artefacts from the British Palaeolithic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE