Tool
Hand Axe
EU660
From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Milton Street Pit
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU660 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chellean (uncertain) | Pre-Chellean (uncertain) |
| Provenience | England | Kent | Swanscombe | Milton Street Pit |
| Period | Chellean (uncertain) | Pre-Chellean (uncertain) |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint Implement - Crude tool with point curved laterally. England, Swanscombe, Milton St. (Kent). Chellean or pre-Chellean. Revised Card: Flint hand-axe - Roughly oval with cuved point and pointed base. Yellow, olive and orange shiny patination. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Barnfield Pit. Middle Acheulian type. |
| Length | 8.9 cm |
| Width | 5.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913 |
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