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Lower Palaeolithic stone handaxe
Handaxe with pebble cortex on some side. Pointed in form but assymetrcal in shape.
Stone handaxes were used by the Neanderthals in Pontnewydd Cave to butcher animals for joints of meat.
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© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
79.39H/10.C8
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
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
width / mm:54.0
thickness / mm:32.0
Material
tuff
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Tools and Animals
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