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Object Number 37-10-40/3748
Display Title 4 flint fist axes - medium rolling
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone bifaces, fist axes, ovate, with cortex
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Acheulean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / England / <State> / Berkshire
Additional Geographic Terms Maidenhead; Furze Platt
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 7.3 x 5.2 cm (5 1/16 x 2 7/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 37-10-40/3748; 22; 23; 25; 26; FP 13/29; FURZE PLAT Oct 89/GWS; 1931 GWS; 1935/G

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