Bronze age flat axe. Circa 2350 to 2050 BCE. 123mm x 62mm. T...

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Bronze age flat axe. Circa 2350 to 2050 BCE. 123mm x 62mm. These axes all fit within the earliest phases of metal working in Britain, metalworking stage II, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 2, they are dated, broadly, to the same period as Beaker pottery, barbed and tanged flint arrowheads, copper halberds and gold lunulae. Ref: Needham, S. (1996) Chronology and Periodisation in the British Bronze Age. Acta Archaeologia, vol 67, pp 121-140.

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Auction Date: 27th Feb 2025 at 10am

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