Tool

Grattoir (uncertain)

EU805

From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU805
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Acheulian (uncertain)
Provenience England | Kent | Swanscombe | Barnfield Pit
Period Middle Acheulian (uncertain)
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flaked Nodule (Flint) - possibly a crude grattoir. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Milton Street. Palaeolithic.

Revised Card: Flint Tool Thick. Probably a nucleus and later reutilized along edges. Yellow olive shiny patination. Large frost fracture on one face. Flakes removed at later date. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Barnfield Pit. Middle Acheulian?

Height 6.8 cm
Length 13.7 cm
Width 9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913

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