charring auhcordiform biface as commonly found in the #Acheulean (replica) 1.5 million 250,000 years ago the #handaxe made by striking flakes off of a flattish oval core become a very common tool
#handaxe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history.[1] 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
𓆟 𓆞Giove 𓆝 𓆟i spent some time #flintknapping glass yesterday and made a crude little #handaxe! I'm quite proud of my slowly building skills :^) tho i still have a looong way to go!
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Archaeologists uncover 1.5-million-year-old hand axes in Iraqi desert
A team of archaeologists has made a breakthrough in Iraq’s Western Desert, where seven Paleolithic sites have been discovered comprising over 850 stone tools...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/1-5-million-year-old-hand-axes-in-iraqi-desert/
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JiggidyThe haft is done! Still need to dot the eye and sharpen things up,
#hatchet #toolrestoration #handtools #handtoolwoodworking #handaxe
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Giant 200,000-year-old hand axe discovered in Saudi Arabia
An international team of archaeologists working in the Qurh Plain of northwest Saudi Arabia has unearthed a colossal hand axe estimated to be over 200,000 years old. The find is made of fine-grained basalt and measures an impressive 51.3 cm (20 inches) in length...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2023/11/giant-hand-axe-discovered-in-saudi-arabia/
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Claire Barnes@Catawu @skua Maybe #meteorite experts could chip in here... ?
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Matt WillemsenMysterious rock depicted in 15th-century painting is most likely a Stone Age tool
Why medieval painter Jean Fouquet chose to depict Acheulean hand ax remains a mystery.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/mysterious-rock-depicted-in-15th-century-painting-is-most-likely-a-stone-age-tool/#MelunDiptych #medieval #French #painter #miniaturist #JeanFouquet #Acheulean #stone #handaxe
Why medieval painter Jean Fouquet chose to depict Acheulean hand ax remains a mystery.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/mysterious-rock-depicted-in-15th-century-painting-is-most-likely-a-stone-age-tool/#MelunDiptych #medieval #French #painter #miniaturist #JeanFouquet #Acheulean #stone #handaxe
Stone Pagesjust when you thought it was safe to go back into Doggerland again…
The Submerged Palaeo-Yare: a review of Pleistocene landscapes and environments in the southern North Sea #palaeolithic #HandAxe #Doggerland https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue61/8/index.html
grateful wolfOn the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue61/6/index.html #IntArch #palaeolithic #Acheulean #HandAxe
On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent
This paper presents initial results from excavations at Maritime Academy, Frindsbury which produced several handaxes, two of which can be classed as 'giant handaxes'. Artefacts were recovered from fluvial deposits in the Medway Valley and are thought to date from the Marine Isotope Stage 9 interglacial. This paper focuses on the largest of these handaxes and presents metrical data for the artefact and initial comparison with similar artefacts from the British Palaeolithic.