Hand-Axe

EU2310

From: England | Buckinghamshire | Marlow

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU2310
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Acheulian
Provenience England | Buckinghamshire | Marlow
Locus on the Thames
Period Middle Acheulian
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint implement - Coup-de-poing, elongate, with axe-like anterior edge. England, Thames at Marlow. ?Chellean type.

Revised Card: Flint hand axe - Elongated with nearly parallel side edges. Rounded edge forming base. Yellow olive patination. England, Thames at Marlow. Middle Acheulian?

Length 12.7 cm
Width 5.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Lillian V. M. Rivers, 1916

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