Tool

Hand Axe

EU660

From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Milton Street Pit

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU660
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chellean (uncertain) | Pre-Chellean (uncertain)
Provenience England | Kent | Swanscombe | Milton Street Pit
Period Chellean (uncertain) | Pre-Chellean (uncertain)
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint Implement - Crude tool with point curved laterally. England, Swanscombe, Milton St. (Kent). Chellean or pre-Chellean.

Revised Card: Flint hand-axe - Roughly oval with cuved point and pointed base. Yellow, olive and orange shiny patination. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Barnfield Pit. Middle Acheulian type.

Length 8.9 cm
Width 5.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913

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