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axe

human history
  • Description

    hand axe, biface. The object is a stone tool with bifacial flaking and a ellipsoid cross-section. Middle Paleolithic. There is a natural void in the object and the surface is flaked. Label on the object: 'aix en offe (Aube) [Aix-en-Othe] Rouseau' refers to the location of discovery in France where similar artefacts from this period have been found.

  • Accession Date
    1883
  • Other Id

    11110 (ethnology)

    1880 (temporary number)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • axe, 11110, 1880, Photographed by Awhina Kerr, digital, 12 Jun 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • axe, 11110, 1880, Photographed by Awhina Kerr, digital, 12 Jun 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • axe, 11110, 1880, Photographed by Awhina Kerr, digital, 12 Jun 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • axe, 11110, 1880, Photographed by Awhina Kerr, digital, 12 Jun 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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