Flake
EU851A
From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit
Curatorial Section: European
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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