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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.
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Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
83.107H/1.A141
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1982
Notes: WWII
Acquisition
Donation, 11/10/1983
Measurements
length / mm:95.4
width / mm:61.5
thickness / mm:18
Material
fine silicic tuff
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Tools and Animals
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