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Bronze Age awl
A bronze awl, used for making holes in other things, such as leather or wood
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Footprint of a dog i...
When roof tiles were being made in Roman Britain, they were left to dry in the sun before being fired. Sometimes, animals or people would walk over them, leaving footprints on them. In this example, a dog has walked across the tile.
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Bronze Age flint arr...
Flint arrowheads dating from the Early Bronze Age (about 1500-1800 BC). They are a type known as barbed-and-tanged arrowheads.
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Early Iron Age pot
A clay pot dating from the Early Iron Age (about 750 - 400 BC).
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Iron Age whetstone
A whetstone, used for sharpening iron tools, dating from the Early Iron Age (about 750 - 400 BC).
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Lower Palaeolithic h...
A flint handaxe, dating from the Lower Palaeolithic (around 750,000 to 100,000 years ago). Handaxes were the main tools of this period and were used for all sorts of things, from cutting meat to digging holes. It was found in a clay pit in Hitchin and had been dropped by the bed of an ancient river.
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Iron Age bone handle
A bone handle dating from the Early Iron Age (around 750 - 400 BC). There would have been a metal tool, such as a knife, attached to it when it was used.
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Iron Age bone pin
A bone pin dating from the early Iron Age (around 750 - 400 BC). It was probably used in weaving, rather than for pinning things together. Until the 1950s, bone was often used to make things we would now make from plastic.
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Iron Age cauldron
A Middle Iron Age cauldron, dating from around 200 BC. Only the rim is original and it was found in a ditch at the Iron Age settlement at Blackhorse Road in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire.
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