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Thunderbird Archaeological District

The Thunderbird site is known for Clovis points, a projectile point that has bifacial flaking.


Gray's Inn Lane Hand Axe

The Gray's Inn Lane Hand Axe is a pointed flint hand axe, found buried in gravel under Gray's Inn Lane, London, England, by pioneering archaeologist John Conyers in 1679, and now in the British Museum.


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Guildford Museum

Objects on display include a 400,000-year-old hand axe from Swanscombe in Kent, and a napkin used by Queen Elizabeth I which features her embroidered portrait and an image of St George slaying the Dragon.