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Object Number
39-38-40/5450
Display Title
Flint hand axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone biface, axe, hand axe, ovate, cream/tan
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Acheulean VI
- Acheulean V
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
France
Additional Geographic Terms
Somme Valley; St. Acheul
Materials
Chert
Dimensions
Overall: 10.6 x 7.5 x 2.6 cm (4 3/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-38-40/5450; St Acheul/(Somme)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39-38-40/5404 | 7 small ovate flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5402 | 6 medium-sized parallel-sided flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5442 | 9 flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5443 | 5 small dull pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5400 | 4 medium-sized, broad pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5401 | 3 medium-sized, flint hand axes made on roughly pointed nodules |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5407 | 5 various broken-ended flint hand axes reused |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5406 | 5 unfinished flint hand axes and miscellaneous material |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5428 | 3 medium-sized, pointed flint hand axes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5433 | 6 various broken flint hand axe fragments |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 39-38-40/5451 | Flint hand axe |
Axe
|
Voisinlieu
| |
| 39-38-40/5455 | Flint hand axe |
Axe
|
France
|