Accession No
1924.1207.1
Description
Flint handaxe; bifacially worked. Buff in colour. Curved cutting edge; narrower, curved butt end.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Portugal; Sete Moinhos
Period
Palaeolithic
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Fonseca [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.1207.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
150mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
A handwritten label (in the form of a circle with a serrated edge) affixed to the object reads: 'S.M.' (i.e. Sete Moinhos).
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
Context (Other owners)
From the Fonseca Collection.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.1207[.1-6]: 'Trimmed flakes etc (six selected specimens).'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.1207[.1-6]: 'The largest could be an axe while some of the others look more like scrapers.'
Event Date 5/2000
Author: Sophie Wardle
Context (Amendments / updates)
This is from the Palaeolithic period. '?Mesolithic' has therefore been removed from the Period field.
Event Date 27/3/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle
Description (Physical description)
Flint handaxe; bifacially worked. Buff in colour. Curved cutting edge; narrower, curved butt end.
Event Date 27/3/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle
FM:49422
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