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Object Number
38-105-40/4676
Display Title
2 flint handaxes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone biface, hand axe, ovate, grey/tan, with cortex
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Lower Acheulean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
France
Additional Geographic Terms
Somme; St. Acheul
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 13.3 x 7.5 x 3.7 cm (5 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
38-105-40/4676; Eu.2454; 4300; 323; ST. ACHEUL/NEAR AMIENS, FRANCE/QUARTERNARY D
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| |
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|
France
| |
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South Africa
| |
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Vereeniging
Transvaal | |
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Raw Material
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Barda Balka
| |
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for 3 flint handaxes, pebble-butted
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Axe
|
Barda Balka
| |
| 50-62-40/6958 | 5 crude pointed stone handaxes |
Axe
|
Villaverde
| |
| 52-17-50/9718 | 4 silt-shale handaxes (medium-sized) |
Axe
|
South Africa
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