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Object Number
39-54-40/5366
Display Title
Hand axe
Descriptions
Object Description
Hand axe
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone biface, hand axes, ovate, grey, brown, with cortex
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Acheulean III
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
England
/
<State>
/
Kent
Additional Geographic Terms
Swanscombe; Milton Street, Great Pit
Materials
Chert
Dimensions
Overall: 12.4 x 8.7 x 3.5 cm (4 7/8 x 3 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
13
Label on object
39-54-40/5366; 21
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 39-38-40/5408 | 6 broken flint hand axes |
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| 39-38-40/5400 | 4 medium-sized, broad pointed flint hand axes |
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|
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| |
| 39-38-40/5443 | 5 small dull pointed flint hand axes |
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|
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| |
| 39-38-40/5397 | 4 large ovate flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5407 | 5 various broken-ended flint hand axes reused |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5406 | 5 unfinished flint hand axes and miscellaneous material |
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|
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| |
| 39-38-40/5453 | 6 small flint hand axes |
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|
Noyers St. Martin
| |
| 39-38-40/5399 | 5 medium-sized, broad pointed flint hand axes |
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|
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| |
| 39-38-40/5405 | 6 small pointed flint hand axes |
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|
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| |
| 39-38-40/5404 | 7 small ovate flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5432 | 7 parallel-sided ovoid flint hand axes |
Axe
|
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