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hand axes  

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  • Hand axes are an artifact type most frequently associated with the Acheulean culture of the Lower Paleolithic or the Early Stone Age. Hand axes are large, bifacially flaked cores. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Axes, Hand]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KLF2QN3J-Z

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