Handaxe

Details

• Title

  Handaxe

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › West Oxfordshire District › Hanborough (Dukes 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

  tool/implement › handaxe

• Dimensions

  14 cm (length)
  8 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Rev. E.D. Sedding.

• Museum location

  currently out on loan

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1946.7

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