Acheulean handaxe with a plano-convex form

Details

• Title

  Acheulean handaxe with a plano-convex form

• Associated people

  Percy Manning (1870 - 1917) (field collector)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › Oxford › Oxford City District › North area › Wolvercote (find spot)

• Date

  Lower/Middle Palaeolithic Period, MIS 9 (Britain) (c. 340,000 - c. 300,000 years ago)

• Material and technique

  flint

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › flint

• Object type

  tool/implement › handaxe

• Dimensions

  24 cm (length)
  12 cm (width)
  4.5 cm (depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased from C J Manning in 1921, from the collection of Mr Percy Manning.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1921.26

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