Handaxe

Details

• Title

  Handaxe

• Associated place

  Europe › France › Somme (department) › Arrondissement of Amiens › Amiens › St. Acheul (find spot)

• Date

  Lower Palaeolithic Period (Western Europe) (c. 800,000 - c. 200,000 years ago)

• Material and technique

  flint

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › flint

• Object type

  tool/implement › handaxe

• Dimensions

  21.2 cm (length)
  10.3 cm max. (width)
  7.2 cm min. (width)
  20 cm max. (diameter)
  15 cm min. (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1928.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 17 | European Prehistory

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1928.221.w

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