Hand-axe from Remich
-,250,000 - -1,000,000 | 1st quarter 10000th century BC - 1st quarter 2500th century BCTaunus quartzite
The oldest archaeological find in Luxembourg is a Lower Palaeolithic hand-axe recovered by prospector François Schons near the surface of an alluvial terrace of the Moselle at Buschland, near Remich.
A hand-axe is a two-faced tool with approximate axial symmetry and occasional symmetrical front and back surfaces; its two faces are separated by a long cutting edge. It is made by progressively chipping off flakes from its two faces.
This almond-shaped (amygdaloidal) tool is fashioned from larger flakes of imported carmine-reddish Devonian, so-called “Taunus” quartzite sandstone – a siliceous stone found in primary rocky outcrops in the south-east of the Grand Duchy, near Sierck-les-Bains (F). Its distal end displays an old break. It illustrates the Levallois technique, which is characteristic for the Mindel-Riss interglacial period: making implements such as choppers, chopping tools and hand-axes by gradually removing flakes from a stone core or block, thus representing the Acheulean period in our region.
Text | CC BY-NC | Fabienne Pietruk
Object: Hand-axe from Remich
- Title:
- Hand-axe from Remich
- Date:
- -,250,000 - -1,000,000 | 1st quarter 10000th century BC - 1st quarter 2500th century BC
- Period | Style | Movement:
- Lower Paleolithic
- Inventory Number:
- 1941-119/009-002
- Collection:
- Prehistory
- Domain:
- Lithic industry
- Designation:
- Hand axe
- Material | Technique:
- Taunus quartzite
- Inscription(s):
- Labeling (1941-119/9-2)
- Geographical Reference:
- Find spot: Luxembourg | Remich | Buschland
- Location:
- Nationalmusée | Main building | Étage -5 | Vitrine PE1
- Acquisition method:
- Fouilles archéologiques
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | © MNAHA / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
The oldest archaeological find in Luxembourg is a Lower Palaeolithic hand-axe recovered by prospector François Schons near the surface of an alluvial terrace of the Moselle at Buschland, near Remich.
A hand-axe is a two-faced tool with approximate axial symmetry and occasional symmetrical front and back surfaces; its two faces are separated by a long cutting edge. It is made by progressively chipping off flakes from its two faces.
This almond-shaped (amygdaloidal) tool is fashioned from larger flakes of imported carmine-reddish Devonian, so-called “Taunus” quartzite sandstone – a siliceous stone found in primary rocky outcrops in the south-east of the Grand Duchy, near Sierck-les-Bains (F). Its distal end displays an old break. It illustrates the Levallois technique, which is characteristic for the Mindel-Riss interglacial period: making implements such as choppers, chopping tools and hand-axes by gradually removing flakes from a stone core or block, thus representing the Acheulean period in our region.
Text | CC BY-NC | Fabienne Pietruk
Object: Hand-axe from Remich
- Title:
- Hand-axe from Remich
- Date:
- -,250,000 - -1,000,000 | 1st quarter 10000th century BC - 1st quarter 2500th century BC
- Period | Style | Movement:
- Lower Paleolithic
- Inventory Number:
- 1941-119/009-002
- Collection:
- Prehistory
- Domain:
- Lithic industry
- Designation:
- Hand axe
- Material | Technique:
- Taunus quartzite
- Inscription(s):
- Labeling (1941-119/9-2)
- Geographical Reference:
- Find spot: Luxembourg | Remich | Buschland
- Location:
- Nationalmusée | Main building | Étage -5 | Vitrine PE1
- Acquisition method:
- Fouilles archéologiques
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | © MNAHA / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
