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Hand Axe

Object Number:12942A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Acheulian
Provenience: England
London
Stoke Newington
Locus: Paleolithic Floor
Period: Acheulian
Section:European
Materials:Flint
Length: 12.3 cm
Width: 6.7 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Worthington G. Smith, 1894
Other Number:WGS 24.10.92 - Field No SF
UC 1473 - Other Number

Description

Orignal Card: Chipped Flints (1 of 2)

Revised Card: Flint Hand Axe. Rounded edge at both ends. Nearly parallel side edges. Yellow brown siny patination on one face. Darker brown shiny patination on opposite face. Unrolled, "WGS 24.10.92" - collector's initials and collection date written on object

Bibliography:

[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 174View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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