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Monument details

HER Number:TR 16 NE 1347
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Herne Bay, Hampton - Palaeolithic handaxe (British Mousterian period, of bout coupe form)

Summary

Herne Bay, Hampton - Palaeolithic handaxe (British Mousterian period, of bout coupe form), no info on provenance or circumstances of recovery

Grid Reference:TR 15 68
Map Sheet:TR16NE
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Middle Palaeolithic - 150000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Middle Palaeolithic - 150000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Herne Bay, Hampton - Palaeolithic handaxe (British Mousterian period, of bout coupe form), no info on provenance or circumstances of recovery. Found by TH Powell and seen in British Museum collection by Roe (1, 2), then recorded by Tyldesley (3) and included within the Southern Rivers Project (4, 5).


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p155 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Roe, D.A., 1981, The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain., p620 (Monograph). SKE29687.

<3> Tyldesley JA, 1987, The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford., p66 (Bibliographic reference). SKE29688.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7.2, p152 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<5> 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S7 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p155.
<2>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1981. The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain.. p620.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Tyldesley JA. 1987. The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford.. p66.
<4>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-7.2, p152.
<5>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. S7.