Acheulean handaxe

Details

• Title

  Acheulean handaxe

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › South Oxfordshire District › Wallingford › Newnham Murren (Lonesome Farm) (find spot)

• Date

  Lower Palaeolithic Period (Britain) (c. 780,000 - c. 190,000 years ago)
  

• Material and technique

  flint

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › flint

• Object type

  tool/implement › handaxe

• Dimensions

  11.5 x 7.8 x 3.2 cm (length x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by E.T. Leeds, 1923.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1923.878

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