Hand Axe

Coup-de-Poing

EU820

From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU820
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Acheulian
Provenience England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit
Period Middle Acheulian
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flaked Nodule (Flint) - Small roughly shaped elongate implement of coup-de-point type. England, Swanscombe, Milton Street. Chellean or Acheulian.

Revised Card: Flint Hand-Axe. Roughly shaped. Elongated. Yellow olive shiny patination. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Barnfield Pit. Middle Acheulian type.

Length 10.3 cm
Width 5.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913

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