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Object Number
39-62-40/5193
Display Title
3 stone hand axes - Acheul I-II types
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chipped stone bifaces, hand axes, ovate, patinated
Classification
- Axe
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Lower Acheulean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
England
/
<State>
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Norfolk
Additional Geographic Terms
Santon Downham; Thetford
Materials
Stone, Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 13.5 x 9.3 x 3.5 cm (5 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
39-62-40/5193
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| 39-62-40/5195 | 3 stone hand axes of Acheul I-II type |
Raw Material
Axe |
England
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Axe
|
France
| |
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Axe
|
France
| |
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Axe
|
Mali
| |
| 39-38-40/5424 | 3 large broad-ended flint hand axes - approaching "cleaver" type |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 44-41-60/8874 | Two Quartzite hand axes, Late Acheulian types |
Raw Material
Axe |
Nellore
| |
| 39-38-40/5428 | 3 medium-sized, 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
| |
| 65-20-50/11134 | 4 oval-shaped flint hand axes |
Axe
|
Mali
| |
| 54-35-50/10030 | 3 large thick elongated stone hand axes |
Axe
|
Algeria
| |
| 39-38-40/5395 | 3 large flint hand axes: 2 pointed, 1 oval (broken) |
Raw Material
Axe |
France
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