Tool
EU798
From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Galley Hill
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU798 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Middle Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | England | Kent | Swanscombe | Galley Hill |
| Period | Middle Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint Implement - Percuteur or hammerstone. Apparently also a scraper. England, Swanscombe, Galley Hill. "Pre-Chellean." Revised Card: Flint tool - Probably originally a nucleus. Broad edge probably reutilized. Opposite end, composed of cortex, shows use as hammerstone. Shiny patination, mostly brown. Banded flint. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Galley Hill. Middle Acheulian? |
| Height | 5.3 cm |
| Length | 8 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913 |
| Other Number | 61 - Other Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.