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Hoxne handaxe, Lower Palaeolithic, about 400,000 years ago, from Hoxne, Suffolk, England. This handaxe has been carefully flaked on both faces to produce a pointed form. The two sharp cutting edges mean that the handaxe could have been used as a general purpose butchery tool, or for other cutting tasks.The site at Hoxne has been the subject of several excavations. The most recent, in the 1970s, uncovered extensive flint working areas on the edge of an ancient river. Analysis of pollen and of animal bones, including elephant, rhinoceros and lion, has shown that humans occupied the site towards the end of a warm period, or interglacial, about 400,000 years ago. This period has been named the 'Hoxnian interglacial' after the site.
P AND EE, Society of Antiquaries Loan

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART201932

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 1068px × 1600px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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