Biface
EU1748K
From: Northern France | Saint-Acheul (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1748K |
| 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 | Flint tool - Thin, elongated. Badly defined. May have served as nucleus. Shows frost fractures. Part of one edge is blade-like with traces of utilization. Opposite edge and part of one face composed of cortex. Light blue shiny patination. One end is pointed. Opposite end has enameled surface on one face. A few fine reddish sands adhering. See note on EU 1748a card. |
| Length | 9.7 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
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