Tool
EU1779
From: Northern France | Saint-Acheul (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1779 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Abbevillian (uncertain) | Clactonian I (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Northern France | Saint-Acheul (uncertain) |
| Locus | 40 metre terrace? |
| Period | Abbevillian (uncertain) | Clactonian I (uncertain) |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | No Original Card Revised: Flint tool - Thick. Triangular in section. Fractured at one end. Under face formed by removal of flake. One side of upper face shows bulb of percussion; opposite side of upper face evidently composed of frost fracture. Many colored shiny patination. Retouched along edges and especially at end which is in shape of steep scraper. A few fine reddish and white sands adhering. North France (?St. Acheul, 40 metre terrace). Abbevillian or Clactonian I. See note on EU 1748a card. |
| Height | 2.9 cm |
| Length | 6.2 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
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