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Hand axe

A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is made from stone, usually flint or chert that has been "reduced" and shaped from a larger piece by knapping, or hitting against another stone. They are characteristic of the lower Acheulean and middle Palaeolithic…

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related to Non-classic specimens · 32
Hand axe → Abbeville, Abbevillean, Acheulean, AlimenThe, Archaic, Archulean, Benito, Bordes, Chavaillon, Chavaillón, Cleaver, Cleaver-bifaces, Despite, French, Guichard, It, Lower Palaeolithic, Many, Mousterian, Nucleiform
related to Image gallery · 23
Hand axe → Acheulean, Atypical, Belgium, Berkshire, BP, BP Gallo-Roman Museum, Cenomanian, France, Furze Platt, Gallo-Roman Museum, Great BritainFlint, Kesselt, Lower Paleolithic Acheulean, Madrid, Meeuwen, Middle Paleolithic, Miorcani, Moldavian Plateau, Saint-Acheul, Spain
related to Morphology · 16
Hand axe → By, Cross, Edges, Hand, It, Its, Not, On, Profile, Proximal, Some, Such, Symmetry, Terminal, The, They
related to Importance · 15
Hand axe → Barradas, Boucher, Conversations, Eckermann, France, Frere, Goethe, Perthes, Piera, Prado, Pérez, Spain, The, This, Vilanova
related to Uses · 13
Hand axe → Acheulean, Acheulean Swiss Army, Calvin, Few, However, Kenya, Most, Olorgesailie, Other, Palaeolithic, The, This, Wells
related to Types · 12
Hand axe → Bifaces, But, De Mortillet, Even, In, It, Only, Partial, The, There, This, Uniface
related to history · 11
Hand axe → Acheulean, Ethiopia, Gona, Grahame Clark, In, Levallois, Mousterian, Oldowan, The, These, World Prehistory
related to Analysis · 10
Hand axe → Despite, Given, However, In, It, Olduvai Gorge, Palaeolithic, The, This, Western Europe
related to Soft hammer only · 10
Hand axe → Hand, However, In, It, Micoquien, Mousterian, Soft, They, This, Working
related to Evidence from wear analysis · 9
Hand axe → Another, Keeley, Many, Of, One, Palaeolithic, Semenov, The, Western Europe

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hand axes axe tools used made acheulean hammer use bifaces stone tool biface edges common cortex de many flakes found

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projectile pointsinstance ofsuch as an adzeFiner formalized tool types0.80text
fine bifacesWhile Class 4 hand axes are referred to asinstance ofsuch as an adzeFiner formalized tool types0.80text
digginginstance ofthey could have been used for tasks0.80text
cuttinginstance ofthey could have been used for tasks0.80text
scrapinginstance ofthey could have been used for tasks0.80text
choppinginstance ofthey could have been used for tasks0.80text
piercinginstance ofthey could have been used for tasks0.80text
and hammeringinstance ofthey could have been used for tasks0.80text
sharpening or shapinginstance ofthere are many hand axes found with retouching0.80text
which casts doubt on this idea.Other theories suggest the shape is part traditioninstance ofthere are many hand axes found with retouching0.80text
part by-product of its manufactureinstance ofthere are many hand axes found with retouching0.80text
the coup de tranchetinstance ofIn some cases this reconstruction is easily identifiable and was carried out using techniques0.80text

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