Inventory #:

377

Type:

Handaxe

Material:

Quartzite

Period:

Early Acheulian 800,000-300,000 years ago

Provenance:

River Terraces of Haute-Garonne, Southwest France

Measurements:

12.7 cm x 8 cm

Classic and obvious faceted palm pad on proximal end as usually seen in African specimens of this period.

References: Le paléolithique inférieur et moyen en Midi toulousain : nouvelles données et perspectives de l'archéologie préventive (Bruxelles et al., 2003); The Acheulian of Western Europe (Manuel Santonja and Paola Villa)