Flake

Details

• Title

  Flake

• Associated place

  Europe › France › Somme (department) › Arrondissement of Péronne › Chaulnes (find spot)

• Date

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

  production/replication › flake

• Dimensions

  2.5 cm (width)
  6.2 cm (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

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

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1928.258.c

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