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Lower Palaeolithic stone handaxe
Large handaxe with pointed tip and pointed thick base. There is some of the original pebble surface on one face and the other has been carefully shaped and is flat with two hinge fractures near the base.
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
84.70H/1.D3818
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1984
Acquisition
Donation, 19/7/1984
Measurements
length / mm:179.0
width / mm:98.1
thickness / mm:49.8
Material
tuff
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Tools and Animals
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