Handaxe

Museum number:
7-3071
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070003071
Alternate number:
113 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.1446
Description:
Hand-axe, chert
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Thames Valley, England
Verbatim coll. place:
middle gravel
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
width 5.8 centimeters and length 10.3 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023) and S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 7-3071, described as Hand-axe, chertHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 7-3071, described as Hand-axe, chert
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 7-3071, described as Hand-axe, chert

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