Nodule

EU1737

From: France | Saint-Acheul

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU1737
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Abbevillian (uncertain) | Clactonian I (uncertain)
Provenience France | Saint-Acheul
Locus 40 metre terrace
Period Abbevillian (uncertain) | Clactonian I (uncertain)
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original: Flint nodule - "Alluvial of 3d terrace." Triangular. Light gray brown shiny patination tinged with blue towards cortex which remains on greater part of one face. Fractured, probably exclusively, by frost with some natural retouch along edges. Some fine reddish sands adhering. p. ch. 28. France, St. Acheul, 40 metre terrace. Abbevillian or Clactonian I.

Length 12.2 cm
Width 9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914

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