Flake
EU848A
From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU848A |
| 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. Rhomboidal or oblong. Revised Card: Flint flake - Irregular in shape. Thisck side edge composed of cortex and showing utilization. Opposite edge shows utilization from upper face. Oblique fracture at end with utilization marks of later date. Brigh torange shiny patination. Rolled and striated. |
| Length | 9.8 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913 |
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