Cleaver
EU1740
From: France | Saint-Acheul | Rue de Boves
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1740 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Abbevillian |
| Provenience | France | Saint-Acheul | Rue de Boves |
| Locus | 40 metre terrace |
| Period | Abbevillian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original: Flint cleaver - "Alluvial of 3d terrace." Small biface oblong, with nearly parallel sides and slightly oblique rectilinear end; one face is flat. Orange patination with slight reddishtinge, grading into cross-colored patination towards cortex. Lustered. Shows signs of being burnt. p. ch. 5. France, St. Acheul, Rue de Boves, 40 metre terrace. Abbevillian. |
| Length | 8.9 cm |
| Width | 5.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
| Other Number | 5 - Other Number |
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