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A Dated Stone Axe-hammer from Cleethorpes, South Humberside

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Kevin Leahy
Kevin Leahy*
Affiliation:
Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Oswald Road, Scunthorpe, South Humberside DN15 7BD, England
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Abstract

The discovery of a Group XVIII stone axe-hammer with the remains of its wooden haft in the peat deposit associated with the submerged forest at Cleethorpes, South Humberside provided an opportunity to obtain an accurate dating for one of these implements. Radiocarbon dating showed that implement had been in use around 1400 bc but had apparently become incorporated in an earlier peat deposit. Previous work on the dating of axe-hammers is reviewed and their possible function is discussed.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , 1986 , pp. 143 - 152
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1986

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