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Object Number
39-38-40/5425
Display Title
3 large pointed flint hand axes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone biface, hand axes, roughly ovate, black/white, with cortex
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Acheulean III
- Acheulean II
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
France
Intrasite
30 metre terrace
Additional Geographic Terms
Somme Valley; Cagny
Materials
Chert
Dimensions
Overall: 14.5 x 8.2 x 4.2 cm (5 11/16 x 3 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
39-38-40/5425; Cagny, Somme
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| 39-38-40/5398 | 3 large pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
Raw Material |
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5401 | 3 medium-sized, flint hand axes made on roughly pointed nodules |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5426 | 3 large, broad, pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5395 | 3 large flint hand axes: 2 pointed, 1 oval (broken) |
Raw Material
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
| |
| 39-38-40/5428 | 3 medium-sized, pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5397 | 4 large ovate flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5405 | 6 small pointed flint hand axes |
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
|