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Coincidental factors of handaxe morphology

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2002
Handaxe morphology is thought to be the first example of the imposition of arbitrary form. Handaxes may thus inform researchers about shared mental templates and evolving cognitive abilities. However, many factors, not related to changes in cognition (e.g., material type, function, resharpening processes), influence handaxe shape over time and space ...
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Three Handaxes from Surrey

2008
Surrey Archaeological Collections, 74, 201 ...
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Some quantitative experiments in handaxe manufacture

World Archaeology, 1971
Abstract This paper describes the methods and materials used by the author to reproduce flint handaxes of late Acheulian ‐ Mousterian of Acheulian Tradition type, using flaking tools and techniques available to palaeolithic man. Stages in the manufacture of handaxes are defined first subjectively then quantitatively by counting and weighing waste ...
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A handaxe assemblage from western Nepal

2021
Quartär – Internationales Jahrbuch zur Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der Steinzeit, Bd. 41/42 (1991): Quartär.
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A handaxe from Stantonbury, and further notes on handaxes from the valleys of the Ouse and Ouzel

2023
Records of Buckinghamshire, 19 (1), 89 ...
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Flake scar density and handaxe reduction intensity

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2015
Abstract Quantifying biface reduction is an important goal in Palaeolithic archaeology for determining the length of reduction sequences, and to contextualise interpretations of biface morphology. In particular there is contention as to whether or not Acheulean handaxes were resharpened.
Shipton, C., Clarkson, C.
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Handaxes: The First Aesthetic Artefacts

2003
The first stone artefacts made by our human ancestors appear 2.5 million years ago and are referred to as the Oldowan culture. These are nodules of basalt, chert and limestone that have been struck with a hammerstone to remove flakes. Both the flakes and the remnants of the nodules, referred to as cores, were used for the processing of animal carcasses;
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The Acheulean Handaxe: A Maintainable Multifunctional Tool

Lithic Technology, 1987
AbstractThe Acheulean Handaxe has been somewhat enigmatic in prehistoric research. This paper reviews previous ideas and makes the case that the Acheulean Handaxe was a maintainable, multifunctional tool.
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A Lower Palaeolithic handaxe from Coulsdon

2017
Surrey Archaeological Collections, 99, 195 ...
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Graphic Visualization of Handaxes and Other Artifacts

Near Eastern Archaeology, 1999
Scott Brande and Idit Saragusti In archaeological studies, measurements are commonly used to objectively describe various types of artifacts. These studies very often involve large sample sizes, thus suggesting that methods for the compact summary of specimen form and variation may be helpful in comparisons of interand Gesher Benot Ya'aqov intra ...
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