A Middle Palaeolithic Flint Handaxe from Aylestone, Leicester
| Autor: | Cookson, Anne P, Tyldesley, Joyce A |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| DOI: | 10.5284/1107598 |
| Popis: | Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 59, 13-16 In May 1984 a Middle Palaeolithic bout coupe type flint handaxe (Fig. 1) was brought to the Jewry Wall Museum for identification by Mr G. York ofEyres Monsell, Leicester, who has since kindly agreed to its donation to the Museum collections (Accession number Al4.1984). It was found on the north -side of Glenhills Boulevard, Aylestone, Leicester during the final stages of construction of this stretch of the City's Southern District Distributor Road (N.G.R. SK57250012). Fieldwork by the Museums Archaeological Survey Team earlier in the road construction process had not revealed any finds, nor did a further search of the area subsequent to this discovery. The handaxe lay on a pile of stones on the surface between two trees in a newly planted row on the landscaped verge of the new road. Some topsoil had been imported for the landscaping from a nearby area of the river floodplain (centred at SP5859990). However the extremely good state of preservation of the handaxe makes it seem unlikely that it was brought to the findspot with this soil from the floodplain, where it would have been subject to much abrasion and disturbance. It seems more probable that the handaxe was dug up and brought to the surface during tree planting or the laying of services along the new roadline. |
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