Handaxe

Details

• Title

  Handaxe

• 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

  tool/implement › handaxe

• Dimensions

  9.8 cm (length)
  4.8 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 17 | European Prehistory

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1928.125.s

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