Hand Axe
EU1793C
From: France | Somme | Montieres
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1793C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lower Acheulian |
| Provenience | France | Somme | Montieres |
| Locus | Basal unstratified gravels of high low terrace. cf. Boutmy-Muchembled |
| Period | Lower Acheulian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Flint hand axe - Lanceolate. Fairly thin. SLightly rolled. Light whitish-orange patination. Large frost fracture of a later date. Traces of reddish clay-like deposit. See note on EU 1790a card. |
| Length | 10.9 cm |
| Width | 6.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
| Other Number | ch. 42 - Field No SF |
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