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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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Lower Palaeolithic stone handaxe
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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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Neanderthal Tools & Animals record verified by E.A. Walker
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