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Object Number
39-38-40/5398
Display Title
3 large pointed flint hand axes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone biface, hand axes, ovate, tan, grey, with cortex, broken
Classification
- Axe
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Acheulean II
- Acheulean III
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
France
Intrasite
30 metre terrace
Additional Geographic Terms
Somme Valley; Cagny; Route de Boves
Materials
Chert
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 9 x 5.3 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
39-38-40/5398; Cagny, Rte De Boves/Somme
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| 39-38-40/5425 | 3 large pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
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| 39-38-40/5395 | 3 large flint hand axes: 2 pointed, 1 oval (broken) |
Raw Material
Axe |
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5428 | 3 medium-sized, pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5426 | 3 large, broad, pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5405 | 6 small pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5396 | 3 very large oval flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5401 | 3 medium-sized, flint hand axes made on roughly pointed nodules |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5443 | 5 small dull pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5399 | 5 medium-sized, broad pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5400 | 4 medium-sized, broad pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5424 | 3 large broad-ended flint hand axes - approaching "cleaver" type |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5427 | 3 medium-sized flint hand axes made on roughly pointed nodules |
Axe
|
France
|