Hand Axe (uncertain)
EU1738C
From: France | Saint-Acheul
Curatorial Section: European
Object Number | EU1738C |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Abbevillian (uncertain) | Clactonian I (uncertain) |
Provenience | France | Saint-Acheul |
Locus | 40 metre terrace |
Period | Abbevillian (uncertain) | Clactonian I (uncertain) |
Section | European |
Materials | Flint |
Description | Flint tool - "Alluvial of 3d terrace." Orange shiny patination. Both faces are fractured exclusively by frost. In form of hand axe and with traces of utilization along edges. Very slightly worn. A few fine reddish sands adhering. p. ch. 16 |
Length | 9.4 cm |
Width | 5.1 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
Other Number | P.CH.16 - Other Number |
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