Handaxe

Museum number:
7-4884
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1805
Description:
Acheulian Handaxe; light brown flint
Donor:
Natural History Museum (London)
Collection place:
Swanscombe, Kent, England
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Acheulean (ca. 1,760,000–130,000 BP) and Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
width 6.3 centimeters and length 8.1 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 7-4884, described as Acheulian Handaxe; light brown flintHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 7-4884, described as Acheulian Handaxe; light brown flint

Tools