Acheulian flint hand axe, c 10000-5000 BC.

Made:
10000-5001 BCE in France, Saint-Acheul and Somme
Hand axe, flint, middle acheulian, from Saint Acheul, Somme Hand axe, flint, middle acheulian, from Saint Acheul, Somme

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Hand axe, flint, middle acheulian, from Saint Acheul, Somme
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Hand axe, flint, middle acheulian, from Saint Acheul, Somme
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Hand axe, flint, middle acheulian, from Saint Acheul, Somme, France, 10000-5001BC. Such tools were made by hammering flakes off a piece of flint until the desired shape was obtained.

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A634826
Materials:
flint
type:
axes, flints and tools