Axehead
Ground and polished axeheads were produced in vast numbers during the Neolithic period. The grinding and polishing to produce the fine finish would have taken many hours of hard work.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 81/1984
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- stone
- Common Name
- axehead
- Simple Name
- polished axehead
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)