Object Description
A flint perforator presenting the characteristic and distinctive features of the Acheulean industry. Relatively small in size, the original stone was skilfully modelled into a bifacial tool with uneven edges and a sharp point to the top. Such shape was achieved using a hammerstone to strike flakes, progressively smaller in size, from around the edges. The tool bears the intentional marks left by the striking tool, revealing the manufacturing process as well as the natural brown striations of the stone. The old collection number is written in black ink to one side; as the note reveals, this stone tool was recovered in the Kentish site of Twydall.
Date: Circa 800.000 – 250.000 BC
Period: Lower Paleolithic