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Polished stone axe (adze)

Material

Greenish (R92) amphibolite

Description

Axe (adze) with fully polished surface. Elongated sub-elliptical outline, with a plano-convex, symmetrical cutting edge. Pointed butt with rounded extremity. Subcircular section with irregular outline. Sharp cutting edge, with no traces of use. Slight deformation visible in the central area of the body.

Classification and chronology

Type … / Neolithic / Chalcolithic / …

Dimensions

Maximum length: 228 mm; Maximum width: 56 mm; Maximum thickness: 56 mm; Weight: 1033,5 gr.

Deposit

MMAP, n.º 923.

Bibli.

LIMA 1940, 201-202; MOREIRA 2007, 47, n.º 9; 2014, 168-169.

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