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Prehistoric Bifacial Stone Tool

Egyptian flint, Neolithic Period (5500 - 3100 BC). A hand axe or biface is a prehistorical stone tool with two faces, and the longest-used tool in human history. Its technical name (biface) comes from the fact that the archetypical model is a generally bifacial Lithic flake with an almond-shaped morphology. The most common hand axes have a pointed end and rounded base, which gives them their characteristic shape, and both faces have been knapped to remove the natural cortex, at least partially.
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Title:
Prehistoric Bifacial Stone Tool
Caption:
Egyptian flint, Neolithic Period (5500 - 3100 BC). A hand axe or biface is a prehistorical stone tool with two faces, and the longest-used tool in human history. Its technical name (biface) comes from the fact that the archetypical model is a generally bifacial Lithic flake with an almond-shaped morphology. The most common hand axes have a pointed end and rounded base, which gives them their characteristic shape, and both faces have been knapped to remove the natural cortex, at least partially.
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Album / Science Source / Los Angeles County Museum
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2700 x 4458 px | 34.4 MB
Print size:
22.9 x 37.7 cm | 9.0 x 14.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
3100 • 5500 • ANCIENT CIVILIZATION • ANCIENT CULTURE • ANCIENT • ANTIQUITY • ARCHAEOLOGICAL • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHEOLOGICAL • ARTIFACT • AXE • BC • BCE • BIFACE • BIFACIAL • CAVEMAN TOOL • CAVEMAN • EARLY MAN • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN FLINT • EGYPTIAN • FLINT • FLINTSTONE • HAND AXE • HAND TOOL • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • NEOLITHIC PERIOD • NEOLITHIC • PREHISTORIC MAN • PREHISTORIC • PREHISTORICAL • PREHISTORY • PRIMITIVE MAN • SILEX • STONE AGE • STONE TOOL • TOOL • TWO FACE