Small crude handaxe

Details

• Title

  Small crude handaxe

• Associated people

  Henry George Ommanney Kendall (1866 - 1928) (field collector)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Wiltshire › Savernake › Knowle Farm gravel pit (find spot)

• Date

  Lower Palaeolithic Period, MIS 10-8 (Britain) (c. 380,000 - c. 245,000 years ago)

• Material and technique

  flint

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › flint

• Object type

  tool/implement › handaxe

• Dimensions

  8 x 4 cm Approx. (length x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Rev. H.G.O. Kendall, 1909.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1909.929

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