Hand Axe
EU1746A
From: France | Somme | Saint-Acheul
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1746A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Abbevillian |
| Provenience | France | Somme | Saint-Acheul |
| Locus | Alluvial of 3d terrace; 40 metre terrace |
| Period | Abbevillian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Hand axe - "Alluvial of 3d terrace." Small heart-shaped hand axe. Thick. White, blue, and light yellow-brown shiny patination. The upper part of one face has been frost fractured and forms, with the opposite well-retouched face, a rather sharp edge shich probably served as an end scraper. Composed largely of cortex. |
| Length | 8.3 cm |
| Width | 5.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
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