These are among the largest ancient stone tools ever unearthed in Britain.
Handaxes were most likely chipped on both sides to achieve a symmetrical form with a long cutting edge. In ancient days, this sort of hand-held stone tool was presumably used for“We describe these tools as ‘giants’ when they are over 22cm long and we have two in this size range. The biggest, a colossal 29.5cm in length, is one of the longest ever found in Britain.
Back then, the Medway Valley had a lush environment of forested hills and river basins. Prehistoric ancestors of modern animals, such as red deer, horses, and lions, lived in the area. These newly found tools provide a chance to learn more about the lives and cultures of prehistoric humans. Dr. Matt Pope added: “The excavations at the Maritime Academy have given us an incredibly valuable opportunity to study how an entire Ice Age landscape developed over a quarter of a million years ago. A program of scientific analysis, involving specialists from UCL and other UK institutions, will now help us to understand why the site was important to ancient people and how the stone artifacts, including the ‘giant handaxes’ helped them adapt to the challenges of the Ice Age environments.
Next, the research team will further examine these recovered tools to understand who made them and their usage.This article presents initial results from excavations at Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, which produced several handaxes, two of which can be classed as 'giant handaxes'. Artifacts were recovered from fluvial deposits in the Medway Valley and are thought to date from the Marine Isotope Stage 9 interglacial.
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