Hand Axe
Coup-de-Poing
EU801
From: England | Kent | Ightham Valley
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU801 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lower Acheulian |
| Provenience | England | Kent | Ightham Valley |
| Period | Lower Acheulian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint Implement - coup-de-poing type. Long oval, well formed. England, Kent, Ightham Valley. Chellean or Acheulian. Revised Card: Flint hand-axe - Elongated oval "limande." Light orange patination. Rolled. One face almost entirely frost fractured. Iron stains. England, Kent, Ightham Valley. Lower Acheulian type. |
| Length | 12 cm |
| Width | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Henry C. Mercer, 1893 |
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