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Object Number 36-7-40/3689
Display Title Very crude flint chopper - human ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone edged tool, chopper, on nodule, chipped ends
Classification
  • Chopper
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Darmsdenian
  • Pre-Chellean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / England / <State> / Suffolk / Darmsden
Additional Geographic Terms Ipswich, 8 mi. Northwest of
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 14.5 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm (5 11/16 x 2 9/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-7-40/3689; DARMSDEN/April 15 34/IN SITU LSBL
Provenance
Collector Dr. Louis S. B. Leakey (1934)
Donor Donated by Dr. Louis S. B. Leakey (January 13, 1936)

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