Acheulean handaxe

Details

• Title

  Acheulean handaxe

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › Oxford › Oxford City District › East area › Chester Street (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 cm (length)
  6.2 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Francis Williams, 1899.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.Pr.483

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