Handaxe

Museum number:
7-3068
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1446
Description:
Acheulean hand-axe, brown chert, part broken off
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Collection date:
1903
Materials:
Chert
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Acheulean (ca. 1,760,000–130,000 BP) and Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
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 7-3068, described as Acheulean hand-axe, brown chert, part broken offHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 7-3068, described as Acheulean hand-axe, brown chert, part broken off
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 7-3068, described as Acheulean hand-axe, brown chert, part broken off

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