Handaxe

Details

• Title

  Handaxe

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › South Oxfordshire District › Dorchester-on-Thames › Allen's Pit (place of excavation)

• 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

  8.2 cm (width)
  13 cm (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mr. A Clarke, 1959.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 41 | England 400 - 1600

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1959.28

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