Axehead
This axehead dates to the Neolithic period and was found in Devon. Axes were produced in vast numbers in this period, probably due to the forest clearance that was necessary due to the introduction of farming.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 102/1934/3
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Stone, FHS, Captain
- Material
- flint
- Common Name
- axehead
- Simple Name
- axehead
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)
