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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NW 962 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe from pit on west side of New Hythe Lane |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe from pit on west side of New Hythe Lane, part of B Harrison collection, made in the late 19th C and early 20th C, held at Maidstone Museum
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7038 5926 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NW |
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| Parish: | EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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handaxe is a small slightly-abraded and S-twisted ovate, examined by the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project (1).
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p167 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M4.10 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M4.10 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.
<4> Roe, D.A., 1981, The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain., p260 (Monograph). SKE29687.
<5> Tyldesley JA, 1987, The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford., p66 (Bibliographic reference). SKE29688.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p167. |
| <2> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M4.10. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. M4.10. |
| <4> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1981. The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain.. p260. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Tyldesley JA. 1987. The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford.. p66. |
