On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent
This article presents 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 Stag...
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| description | This article presents 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 article focuses on the largest of these handaxes and presents metrical data for the artefact and initial comparison with similar artefacts from the British Palaeolithic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89f3e1eb1dbe452b9508db63803ac3942024-04-28T07:42:31ZengUniversity of YorkInternet Archaeology1363-53872023-07-016110.11141/ia.61.6On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, KentLetty Ingrey0https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5192-3934Sarah M Duffyhttps://orcid.org/0009-0006-3078-2527Martin Bates1Andrew Shaw2https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2405-6829Matt Pope3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8215-5000UCL Institute of Archaeology/Archaeology South-EastUniversity of Wales, Trinity St David'sWessex ArchaeologyUCL Institute of Archaeology/Archaeology South-EastThis article presents 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 article focuses on the largest of these handaxes and presents metrical data for the artefact and initial comparison with similar artefacts from the British Palaeolithic.https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue61/6/archaeologylower palaeolithicacheuleanlithic technologyphotogrammetryhandaxefrindsburykent |
| spellingShingle | Letty Ingrey Sarah M Duffy Martin Bates Andrew Shaw Matt Pope On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent Internet Archaeology archaeology lower palaeolithic acheulean lithic technology photogrammetry handaxe frindsbury kent |
| title | On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent |
| title_full | On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent |
| title_fullStr | On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent |
| title_short | On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent |
| title_sort | on the discovery of a late acheulean giant handaxe from the maritime academy frindsbury kent |
| topic | archaeology lower palaeolithic acheulean lithic technology photogrammetry handaxe frindsbury kent |
| url | https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue61/6/ |
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