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1884.122.546

Stone hand-axe

1884.122.546

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone hand-axe
Long description
Large flint hand-axe with orange-brown patina covering all surfaces. Flaked on all sides. [CG [Excav. PR] 17/07/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Greater London London Borough of Ealing W3 Acton "13 feet beneath sand and gravel"
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Lower Palaeolithic Acheulian, uncertain
Date collected
By 1868
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 50 mm, Width: max 97 mm, Length: max 147 mm, Weight 655 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.122.546
Research and responses

Presumably part of Acton Thames Gravels investigation [AP 02/09/2008]

Associated publications
Lane Fox (Pitt-Rivers), A. 1869. ‘On the discovery of flint implements of Palaeolithic type in the gravel of the Thames Valley at Acton and Ealing’ Report of the British Association of the Advancement of Science p130-2 Lane Fox (Pitt-Rivers), A. 1872. 'On the discovery of Palaeolithic implements in association with Elephas primihenius in the gravels of the Thames Valley at Acton' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 28:449-465 (copies in Related Documents File under 1884.122) [CB 29/10/2009]

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