Stone Age Upnor Flint Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.

4 1/8 in. (275 grams, 10.7 cm).

An early form of hand axe formed from Clactonian flint; handwritten collector's identification label to one face, reading 'Upnor 35'.

Provenance

Found Upnor, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.

CONDITION

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