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Description: | Acheulian hand axe: There are large a crude flaking scars covering both the ventral and dorsal sides, the tool is cordiform in plan with a rounded butt, the tip has broken away exposing a light grey flint with lighter grey striations running across the break. The flint has is worn, particularly along the edges. One side has a light brown patina with a large off white patch and off white speckles, the other side has a off white patina with light orange patches. The artefact is made from flint length 144mm, width 97mm, thickness 36mm. It is thought that Homo erectus was the first hominid to use such technology (bifacial hand axes), though this industry is much more readily associated with our ancestors Homo sapiens and particularly with Neanderthals as well. The Acheulean era began about 1.5 million years ago but did not reach this country until about 500,000 years ago and ended about 100,000 years ago.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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