Hand Axe
EU1857A
From: France | Somme | Abbeville
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1857A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Acheulian II (uncertain) | Acheulian III (uncertain) |
| Provenience | France | Somme | Abbeville |
| Locus | Porte du Bois |
| Period | Acheulian II (uncertain) | Acheulian III (uncertain) |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Flint hand axe - Thick "limande," with parallel side edges and similar sharp edges at both ends. Unpatinated on one face with very light yellow patination on opposite face. Somewhat lustered. Fissured by frost. Traces of reddish clay-like deposit and small black spots adhering. |
| Length | 10 cm |
| Width | 5.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
| Other Number | ach. anc. ++56 - Other Number |
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