Hand Axe
Coup-de-Poing
EU695C
From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit | Milton Street Pit
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU695C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Middle Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit | Milton Street Pit |
| Period | Middle Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint Implement - Coup-de-poing type. Sharp-pointed. CF. EU680. Small Revised Card: Flint tool - Roughly thick, triangular. One face is rolled and has yellow olive shiny patination. Opposite face fractured, probably by natural agencies, at later date, and has one edge utilized. Probably formerly a hand axe. Cortex at base. |
| Length | 5.8 cm |
| Width | 3.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913 |
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