Stone axe: surprise or not in the Middle Palaeolithic?

0347944 - ARÚ 2011 RIV PL eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Valoch, K. - Vencl, Slavomil
Stone axe: surprise or not in the Middle Palaeolithic?
Middle Palaeolithic human activity and palaeoecology. New discoveries and ideas. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, 2010 - (Burdukiewicz, J.; Wiśniewski, A.), s. 255-267. Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis, Studia Archeologiczne, 41. ISBN 978-83-229-3114-1.
[Middle Palaeolithic Human Activity and Palaeoecology: New Discoveries and Ideas. Wrocław (PL), 22.06.2006-24.06.2006]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80020508
Keywords : stone axe * Middle Palaeolithic * Ládví hill
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology

A flat pebble with a chopper type edge and a shallow groove recessed by picking, intended to fix the tool onto a handle like an axe, came to light in the context of the Middle Palaeolithic Eemian small tool industry from the Ládví hill in Prague 8-Ďáblice. Considering the fact that this is a rare and relatively inconspicuous treatment, which testifies to the existence of early forms of tools of historical significance, we draw attention to it as an as yet unregistered phenomenon in the Middle Palaeolithic.
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