Hand Axe
EU1797
From: France | Somme | Montieres
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU1797 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Upper Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | France | Somme | Montieres |
| Period | Upper Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | No Original Card Revised: Flint hand axe - Thin, short, "limande." Nearly rectilinear edge at base. One face very slightly patinated a gray-white. Bad textured flint evidently prevented this face from being worked entirely. Opposite face is lustered, with a "basket" patination. A few fissures due to frost. A brown clay-like deposit adhering. France, Somme, Montieres. Upper Acheulian? See note on EU 1790a card. |
| Length | 9.5 cm |
| Width | 6.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Field Museum, 1914 |
| Other Number | ch. 49 - Field No SF |
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