Figures & data
Figure 1. The battle axe from the Early Bronze Age burial Upton Lovell G2a, Wiltshire (DZSWS:STHEAD.4a): upper body and cutting edge (photo taken courtesy of Wiltshire Museum, Devizes)
Figure 2. The battle-axe from the Early Bronze Age burial Upton Lovell G2a, Wiltshire (DZSWS:STHEAD.4a): lower body and butt area (photo taken courtesy of Wiltshire Museum, Devizes)
Figure 3. Microwear traces on the butt area of the battle axe: (a) flat, reflective micro-polish, 200x; (b) percussive traces along the circumference of the butt end (photo taken courtesy of Wiltshire Museum, Devizes)
Figure 4. Microwear traces on the cutting edge of the battle axe: (a) worn-out cutting edge exhibiting edge damage and intense rounding; (b) micro-polish with smooth texture, pitted appearance and a sinuous morphology, 200x; (c) layer of gravel sediment used as filling material following the thin section sampling of the object (scale bar 1 mm) (photo taken courtesy of Wiltshire Museum, Devizes)
Figure 5. Microwear traces on the perforation of the battle axe: (a) flat, reflective micro-polish, 200x; (b) detailed view of the polished perforation interior showing levelling of grains (scale bar 500 μm); (c) rounding of the topography of the fractured edges of the perforation (photo taken courtesy of Wiltshire Museum, Devizes)
