Hand Axe

Coup-de-Poing

EU729

From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU729
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Acheulian (uncertain)
Provenience England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit
Period Middle Acheulian (uncertain)
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint Implement - Coup-de-poing type. Cf. EU711. England, Swanscombe, Milton Street. Chellean or Acheulian.

Revised Card: Flint hand-axe - Elongated. Pointed at both ends. Yellow shiny patination. One face frost fractured. Crude. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Barnfield Pit. Middle Acheulian?

Length 10.4 cm
Width 5.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913

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