Hand Axe

Coup-de-Poing

EU750

From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit | Milton Street Pit

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU750
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Acheulian
Provenience England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit | Milton Street Pit
Period Middle Acheulian
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint Implement - Coup-de-poing type. Tongue shaped extremity. Broken. England, Swanscombe, Milton Street. Chellean or Acheulian.

Revised Card: Flint hand-axe - Oval pointed. Yellow-olive shiny patination. Base frost fractured at more recent date. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Barnfield Pit. Middle Acheulian type.

Length 8.6 cm
Width 5.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913

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