Nucleus (Lithic)
EU1743B
From: France | Saint-Acheul
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1743B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Clactonian I (uncertain) |
| Provenience | France | Saint-Acheul |
| Locus | 40 metre terrace |
| Period | Clactonian I (uncertain) |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Flint nucleus - "Alluvial of 3d terrace." Triangular. Thick. Flakes have been removed from both faces. One face has dark reddish brown patination grading into orange, yellow, and a little bit of olive and blue. Opposite face has yellow and orange patination slightly tinged with blue-white. Very lustered and smooth to touch. A few fissures due to frost and a few striations. Fine reddish sands adhering. p. ch. 27 |
| Length | 10 cm |
| Width | 8.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
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