Later Acheulian Stone Tools / c)boxgr47

Pitts and Roberts (1998: fig.47): "This fine, slightly pointed oval shape might be called the classic Boxgrove handaxe. In the 1996 dig alone, over 250 axes were found, most as sharp and fresh as the day they were discarded 500,000 years ago. Length 10 cm. (drawn by Julian Cross)." Pitts and Roberts describe actualist experiments demonstrating that such handaxes were 'perfect tools' for meatcutting and microwear showing some 40 handaxes had meat and bone polish indicating use for 'butchery' [sic 'and/or meatcarving'].

Comment: An elongated cordiform verging on an ovate (Location of Max. Width = .30-.34)

Photo © Boxgrove Project. Pitts, M. and Roberts, M. (1998). Fairweather Eden: Live half a million years ago as revealed by the excavations at Boxgrove. New York: Fromm. Figure 47.