Handaxe thinning flake

Details

• Title

  Handaxe thinning flake

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Kent › Dartford › Swanscombe (Milton Street gravel pit) (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

  artefact

• Dimensions

  7.6 cm (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Professor A.H. Sayce, 1933.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1933.492.c

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