Accession No

1938.54.1


Description

Handaxe.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Kennett


Period

Lower Palaeolithic


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; Colchester, G. A. [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1938.54.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Later catalogue card for 1938.54: '10 handaxes, 22 flake-tools, including 7 dentriculates with blunting re-touch, 1 handaxe (broken tip)'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Other owners)
Acquired from G.A. Colchester, 33 Tavistock St., Bedford. The collection was made by his grandfather, from the middle of the last century onwards, practising as a gravel digger.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Original catalogue card: 'Lower Palaeolithic tools'
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Handaxe.
Event Date 26/6/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


FM:10174

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