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Object Number 37-10-40/3750
Display Title Small fist axe made on a flint flake
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone biface, fist axe, ovate,on flake, thick point
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Acheulean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / England / <State> / Berkshire
Additional Geographic Terms Maidenhead; Furze Platt
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm (4 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-10-40/3750; Furze Platt/Iangold/27

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