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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.
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.
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Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
84.70H/1.D3818
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, Clwyd
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1984
Acquisition
Donation, 19/7/1984
Measurements
(): length / mm:179.0
(): thickness / mm:49.8
(): weight / g:855.1
(): width / mm:98.1
Material
tuff
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Tools and Animals
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