Hand Axe
Limande
EU1804B
From: Northern France
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1804B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lower Acheulian |
| Provenience | Northern France |
| Period | Lower Acheulian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Flint hand axe - Thick, rather crude "Limande." Brown shiny patination on one face with dirty yellowish white patination on opposite face. Cortex remaining at hilt. Facture at later date, on yupper end of one face. Small amount of white clay-like depsoit adhering. |
| Length | 15.8 cm |
| Width | 8.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
| Other Number | ch. 7 - Field No SF |
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