Polished axehead
Polished axeheads like this were highly prized items as much effort was needed to create them. This one is made from a type of flint which is not common to Devon and may have been traded from some distance.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 407/1987
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Taylor, Mr
- Material
- flint
- Common Name
- polished axehead
- Simple Name
- polished axehead
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)
