Hand Axe
EU1444
From: France | Somme | Saint-Acheul | Rue Pluvial Quarry
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1444 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Middle Acheulian |
| Provenience | France | Somme | Saint-Acheul | Rue Pluvial Quarry |
| Period | Middle Acheulian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint implement - Perhaps numbered under old series, if no number obliterated. France, St. Acheul. Revised Card: Flint hand axe - "Limande" shaped. Parallel edges. Rounded edges at point. Olive brown shiny patination with bluish white tinge. France, Somme, St. Acheul, Rue Pluvial Quarry. Middle Acheulain type. Perhaps numbered under old series, if so number obliterated. |
| Length | 11.2 cm |
| Width | 6.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Henry C. Mercer, 1893 |
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