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Object Number
38-73-40/4300
Display Title
4 flint handaxes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone biface, hand axe, ovate, white, yellow, crystalline vug
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chellean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
France
Additional Geographic Terms
Abbeville, district of
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 8.6 x 6 cm (6 5/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
38-73-40/4300; 180904; 180847; C.P.L., 24.; 180875
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