Polished Stone Axe

Photograph

Polished stone axe

description

This is a reworked Neolithic polished stone axe which has been fashioned from a fine-grained acid tuff.

It was recovered from a pit alongside charred hazelnut shells from which an Early Neolithic radiocarbon date was obtained.

Other information & metadata

Site location: Wiston, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Project type: Archaeological excavation
Site type: Multiperiod site
Discovery context: Pit

Website link:
Timeline: The Archaeology of South Wales Gas Pipeline – CA monograph

Collections:

Prehistoric Ages

Artefact type

Axe

Period

Neolithic

Material

Stone

Location

South Wales

Dimensions

Heigth: 165mm
Width: 64mm

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