Tool

EU798

From: England | Kent | Swanscombe | Galley Hill

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU798
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Acheulian (uncertain)
Provenience England | Kent | Swanscombe | Galley Hill
Period Middle Acheulian (uncertain)
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint Implement - Percuteur or hammerstone. Apparently also a scraper. England, Swanscombe, Galley Hill. "Pre-Chellean."

Revised Card: Flint tool - Probably originally a nucleus. Broad edge probably reutilized. Opposite end, composed of cortex, shows use as hammerstone. Shiny patination, mostly brown. Banded flint. England, Kent, Swanscombe, Galley Hill. Middle Acheulian?

Height 5.3 cm
Length 8 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913
Other Number 61 - Other Number

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