Hand Axe (uncertain)

EU1738C

From: France | Saint-Acheul

Curatorial Section: European

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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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