Hand Axe
EU677
From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU677 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lower Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit |
| Period | Lower Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint implement - Large, heavy, crude, ovoid. double petina. Coup-de-poing. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Milton Street. Chellean or Acheulian. Revised Card: Flint hand-axe - Large, thick, crude, rough oval. Orange and olive patination on one face. Speckled patination on opposite face with bluish tinge. Rolled - edges showing different patination. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Barnfield Pit. Lower Acheulian? |
| Length | 17.3 cm |
| Width | 10.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913 |
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