Bifacially worked piece, possibly crude or proto-handaxe

Details

• Title

  Bifacially worked piece, possibly crude or proto-handaxe

• Associated people

  A. D. Passmore (1877 - 1958) (field collector)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Wiltshire › Savernake › Knowle Farm 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

  tool/implement › handaxe

• Dimensions

  13.6 cm (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mr. A.D. Passmore, 1955.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1955.56.q

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