Accession No
1922.241/Record 2
Description
Handaxe, probably a forgery described as a Palaeolithic flint celt.
Place
Europe; France; Somme; ?St Acheul; ?Abbeville
Period
Palaeolithic ?Modern
Source
Boucher de Perthes collection; Duckworth, Wynfrid Lawrence Henry (Dr) [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1922.241/Record 2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label affixed to the object reads: 'St Acheul les [?]amiens trouvé en 18[rest illegible].'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Field collection)
Previously part of the Boucher de Perthes Collection. Possibly excavated in 1853.
Event Date 1853
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Related Documents)
Note previously bagged with 1922.241/Record 2 reads: 'St Acheul les Amiens trouvé en 1853. W.L.H.D. 1.4.11'.
Event Date 01/04/1911
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Handaxe, probably a forgery described as a Palaeolithic flint celt.
Event Date 11/7/1991
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Dr C. Britt Bousman, Texas State University, identified this label as possibly being an original Boucher de Perthes label.
Event Date 18/10/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:41630
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