Flake

EU851A

From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU851A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lower Paleolithic | Clactonian (uncertain)
Provenience England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit
Period Lower Paleolithic | Clactonian (uncertain)
Date Made 422000-398000 BCE
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint implements (worked flake) (6) - Racloir, with point

Revised Card: Flint flake - Large, broad flake ending in point. Edges show utilization from alternate faces. Banded flint, mostly buff colored. Shiny patination. Cortex remaining on part of upper face.

6 specimens originally listed under EU 851. 1 sent as an Exchange to the Museum of anthropology and Ehnology, Leningrad, July 1936.

Length 11.4 cm
Width 9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913

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