M0015582EA: Paleolithic hand-axes / M0015582EB: Possible uses of microburins

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Paleolithic hand-axes

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Suggested use of micro-burins

Two images on one negative: The first is an illustration of three hand-axes from Chatelperron, France, published in Breuil, Henri: "Etudes de morphologie paleeolithique", Revue anthropologique, vol.21, 1911. The second is an illustration of some possible uses of microburins, waste product from the crafting of lithic tools, published in an article by D. Peyrony and H. V. Noone in the Bulletin de la Societe Prehistorique Francaise, volume 35, 1938.

December 1956

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.