Neolithic flint axes, like this, were made using hammer stones to knap a nodule into the rough desired shape. The ‘roughout’ would then be worked further to produce sharp edges and a functional tool.
This example was found by fieldwalking on arable farmland near to the River Thames, Oxfordshire. Fieldwalking is an archaeological process whereby individuals will walk across land, searching for artefactual remains. These will then be recorded either onto a custom grid or marked on an OS map before being submitted to the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
The Portable Anitquities Scheme (PAS) is managed by the British Museum and records archaeological finds discovered by the public. It’s searchable online database can be found at https://finds.org.uk/
This scan was recorded using the Artec Spider and produced in Artect Studio. This is the Hi-Resolution version of the model which may take a while to load. We are working on having both hi and low resolution versions of all our models for maximum accesibility.
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