Tool

EU1779

From: Northern France | Saint-Acheul (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU1779
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Abbevillian (uncertain) | Clactonian I (uncertain)
Provenience Northern France | Saint-Acheul (uncertain)
Locus 40 metre terrace?
Period Abbevillian (uncertain) | Clactonian I (uncertain)
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

No Original Card

Revised: Flint tool - Thick. Triangular in section. Fractured at one end. Under face formed by removal of flake. One side of upper face shows bulb of percussion; opposite side of upper face evidently composed of frost fracture. Many colored shiny patination. Retouched along edges and especially at end which is in shape of steep scraper. A few fine reddish and white sands adhering. North France (?St. Acheul, 40 metre terrace). Abbevillian or Clactonian I.

See note on EU 1748a card.

Height 2.9 cm
Length 6.2 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914

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