Hand Axe
EU1739D
From: France | Saint-Acheul
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1739D |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Abbevillian |
| Provenience | France | Saint-Acheul |
| Locus | 40 metre terrace |
| Period | Abbevillian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Flint hand axe - "Alluvial of 3d terrace." Thick. Predominantly orange but grading into yellow patination. Lustered. Edges distinctly show retouch on alternate faces. End is fractured by frost. Slightly fissured by frost. A few fine reddish sands adhering. p. ch. 13 |
| Length | 10.9 cm |
| Width | 6.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
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