Hand Axe
EU1746A
From: France | Somme | Saint-Acheul
Curatorial Section: European
Object Number | EU1746A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Abbevillian |
Provenience | France | Somme | Saint-Acheul |
Locus | Alluvial of 3d terrace; 40 metre terrace |
Period | Abbevillian |
Section | European |
Materials | Flint |
Description | Hand axe - "Alluvial of 3d terrace." Small heart-shaped hand axe. Thick. White, blue, and light yellow-brown shiny patination. The upper part of one face has been frost fractured and forms, with the opposite well-retouched face, a rather sharp edge shich probably served as an end scraper. Composed largely of cortex. |
Length | 8.3 cm |
Width | 5.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
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