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Old World, Acheulean tradition, found in Kent, England, ca. 1.6 million to 200,000 years ago. A fine, large example of an Acheulean hand axe in the characteristic ovoid/pear shape, knapped from a grey and brown chert. The Acheulean stone tool tradition, named after the location in France where tools of this kind were first identified in 1847, represented a technological revolution. This item likely was manufactured by homo erectus, a close ancestor of modern humans, and was made to be used in a variety of tasks - butchering and skinning game, digging in soil, and cutting trees and other plant matter. For most of human history - over a million years - this was the dominant technology. This axe has a nice heft and fits squarely in even a modern hand. Comes with custom stand. Size: 4.9" W x 7.1" H (12.4 cm x 18 cm); height on stand: 8.4" (21.3 cm)

Provenance: private Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA collection, from private 1950's South America collection

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