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A Reindeer antler or ‘Lyngby’ axe from Northamptonshire and its context in the British Late Glacial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Jill Cook  and
Roger Jacobi
Jill Cook
Affiliation:
British Museum, Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquites, Quaternary Section, Franks' House, 38 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ
Roger Jacobi
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, Department of Archaeology, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD
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Abstract

A reindeer antler object found in Northamptonshire possesses the characteristic traits of a Lyngby axe. Such implements are themselves characteristic of the Late Glacial of northern Europe but hitherto unknown in Britain. A direct radiocarbon accelerator date of 10, 320±150 BP (OxA–803) confirms the typological dating and places it amongst a small number of finds which link Britain with the Ahrensburgian phase in Europe. The function of the axe cannot be determined, but consideration of its features throws some light on this problem.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , 1994 , pp. 75 - 84
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1994

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