2016-06-16 03:12:29 • ID: 1350
Two Handaxes from the Ridge Quarry / Romsey /Hampshire
Most artefacts found in these river terraces have been recovered from quarries and most were reported prior to the 1930ies. Contextual informations are generally poor.
The Ridge-Quarry approximately two kilometres south-west of Romsey is dated to the " Hoxnian- Wollstonian" complex (MIS11-9; Bates et al. 2004).
Hundred of handaxes, all collected since the 1990s, with very different morphologies are known from the site.
Interestingly one of the handaxes shown here, is a classic cordiform, not different from the much later Cordiform MTA handaxes of France (MIS 5–3).
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