Handaxe

Details

• Title

  Handaxe

• Associated place

  Europe › France › Aisne › Soissons › Salsoigne (Ciry) (find spot)

• Date

  Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian Period (c. 180,000 - c. 30,000 BC)

• Material and technique

  flint

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › flint

• Object type

  tool/implement › handaxe

• Dimensions

  8 cm (width)
  0.105 cm (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1928.196

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