Prehistoric — Lower Palaeolithic; c. 300,000BC
Biface, handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic bifacially worked, pointed biface or handaxe of sharp stained flint. Some of the cortex is left on the butt. Part of a group of flint tools said to have come from the site of the Regent Palace Hotel, Glasshouse St, Piccadilly. The unusually fresh condition of this example suggests that it must have lain close to where it had been dropped by the last user.
- Category:
- Prehistoric
- Object ID:
- A11922
- Object name:
- biface, handaxe
- Artist/Maker:
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- Production date:
- Lower Palaeolithic; c. 300,000BC
- Material:
flint
- Measurements/duration:
- L 202 mm, W 100 mm (overall), L 190 mm, W 92 mm, D 47 mm (overall)
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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