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Lower Palaeolithic stone handaxe
Stone handaxes were used by the Neanderthals in Pontnewydd Cave to butcher animals for joints of meat.
Handaxe with pebble cortex on some side. Pointed in form but assymetrcal in shape.
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Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
79.39H/10.C8
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, Clwyd
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978
Notes: World War II dump
Acquisition
Donation, 20/6/1979
Measurements
(): length / mm:84.2
(): thickness / mm:32.0
(): weight / g:130.5
(): width / mm:54.0
Material
tuff
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Tools and Animals
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