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Lower Palaeolithic stone handaxe
Pointed handaxe with a pointed base. Has a flat side and has been made on a flake.
Stone handaxes were used by the Neanderthals in Pontnewydd Cave to butcher animals for joints of meat.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
83.107H/1.A141
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1982
Notes: WWII
Acquisition
donation, 11/10/1983
Measurements
Length
(mm): 95.4
Width
(mm): 61.5
thickness
(mm): 18
Weight
(g): 100.3
Material
Fine silicic tuff
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