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Stone tool
A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is made from
Hand_axe
Type of wedge tool
"helve"). Before the modern axe, the stone-age hand axe without a handle was used from 1.5 million years BP. Hafted axes (those with a handle) date from
Axe
Axe specifically designed for combat
battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were designed differently to utility axes, with
Battle_axe
Single-handed striking tool
the Old French hachete, a diminutive form of hache, 'axe' of Germanic origin) is a single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to
Hatchet
North American indigenous axe
A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America. It traditionally resembles a hatchet with a
Tomahawk
variety of tools throughout history, including arrowheads, spearheads, hand axes, and querns. Knapped stone tools are nearly ubiquitous in pre-metal-using
Stone_tool
Archaeological culture associated with Homo erectus
tool manufacture characterized by the distinctive oval and pear-shaped "hand axes" associated with Homo erectus and derived species such as Homo heidelbergensis
Acheulean
Powered mechanical device
Latin ingenium 'ingenuity, an invention'. The hand axe, made by chipping flint to form a wedge, in the hands of a human transforms force and movement of
Machine
Biface stone tool
Cleavers resemble hand axes in that they are large and oblong or U-shaped tools meant to be held in the hand. But, unlike hand axes, they have a wide
Cleaver_(Stone_Age_tool)
Prehistoric period before metal tools
000 years ago, a new Lower Paleolithic tool, the hand axe, appeared. The earliest European hand axes are assigned to the Abbevillian industry, which developed
Stone_Age
Paleolithic flint hand axe
Gray's Inn Lane The Gray's Inn Lane Hand Axe is a pointed flint hand axe, found buried in gravel under Gray's Inn Lane, London, England, by pioneering
Gray's_Inn_Lane_Hand_Axe
Small axe designed for use as a hand-thrown projectile
weapon its unique design. These axes were either thrown short distances or wielded in hand-to-hand combat. Battle axe Shuriken Throwing knife Evans, Stuart
Throwing_axe
Earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic
parallel traditions, the Clactonian, a flake tradition, and the Acheulean, a hand-axe tradition. The Levallois technique for knapping flint developed during
Lower_Paleolithic
Prehistoric period, first part of the Stone Age
used a variety of stone tools, including hand axes and choppers. Although they appear to have used hand axes often, there is disagreement about their
Paleolithic
Axe-like weapon use by shepherds
formed to fit comfortably into the hand so the shepherd's axe could be used as a walking stick. Today's shepherd's axes are mostly decorative, some having
Shepherd's_axe
Paintings, often prehistoric, on cave walls and ceilings
not found in a cave but was found in a South African excavation site. The hand-drawn lines on the small piece of rock are dating back 73,000 years. However
Cave_painting
Extinct species or subspecies of archaic human
manufacture new tools such as hand axes. Though "hand axe" implies that all hand axes were used for chopping and were hand-held, they came in a variety
Homo_ergaster
T-shaped hand tool used for prying, digging and as a impromptu weapon
A pickaxe (American spelling: pickax), pick-axe, or pick is a generally T-shaped hand tool used for digging. Its head is typically metal, attached perpendicularly
Pickaxe
Hand tool for chopping, digging, and prying
hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to the pickaxe, it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical axe blade
Mattock
Prehistoric period: Copper Age
archaeological Cultures used stone axes modeled on copper axes, even with moulding carved in the stone, such as the Battle Axe culture or the late Funnel Beaker
Chalcolithic
Triangular shaped tool
first made of simple stone. Perhaps the first example of a wedge is the hand axe (see also Olorgesailie), which is made by chipping stone, generally flint
Wedge
Type of flint tool
axe was a Flint tool used during prehistoric times to perform a variety of tasks. These were at first just a cut piece of flint stone used as a hand axe
Flint_axe
Winter mountaineering tool
An ice axe is a multi-purpose hiking and climbing tool used by mountaineers in both the ascent and descent of routes that involve snow or ice covered
Ice_axe
Axe with a wide cutting edge, particularly on the lower side of the head
adopted axes of similar design to underline their continuity with the Byzantine Empire. In the 15th century, these axes would evolve into single-handed bearded
Bearded_axe
Archaeological site in Kenya
archaeological sites. Olorgesailie is noted for the large number of Acheulean hand axes discovered there that are associated with animal butchering. According
Olorgesailie
Afro-Eurasian Middle Paleolithic culture
found all over unglaciated Europe as well as West Asia and North Africa. Hand axes, racloirs, and points constitute the industry; sometimes a Levallois technique
Mousterian
Mnemonic for 3D vectors orientations and rotations
mathematics and physics, the right-hand rule is a convention and a mnemonic utilized to define the orientation of axes in three-dimensional space and to
Right-hand_rule
Neolithic sculpture found in Turkey
Turkey. When it was found, its head and hand rest of the right side were missing. The current head and one hand rest are modern replacements. The sculpture
Seated_Woman_of_Çatalhöyük
2012 fantasy novel by Alan Garner
item towards the end of the book is a Lower Palaeolithic hand axe. Garner keeps such an axe in his study, although his is from the Acheulean culture while
Boneland
Type of stone tool
classified under this category are known as the earliest indicators of hand axe usage. The biggest difference from the early Oldowan tools, or choppers
Chopper_(archaeology)
Cretan double-bladed axe
one hand and a double axe in the other hand. Similarly, Zeus throws his thunderbolt to bring a storm. The labrys, or pelekys, is the double axe Zeus
Labrys
Topics referred to by the same term
leaves, tepals, or other botanical parts Ovate, a type of prehistoric stone hand axe Ovates, one of three ranks of membership in the Welsh Gorsedd Vates or
Ovate
Type of axe with a large head that is primarily used as a tool
hands. The flat blade is to make the surface flat but can only be worked from one direction and is right-handed or left-handed. The double bevel axe has
Broadaxe
Typological classification of stone tools
morphological characteristics. For example, the Acheulean industry includes hand-axes, cleavers, scrapers and other tools with different forms, but which were
Industry_(archaeology)
Archaeological site in England
deposits within the channel. Stone hand axes found at Lynford Quarry Discoid hand axe Cordiform hand axe Amygdaloid hand axe Prehistoric Norfolk Notes Donoghue
Lynford_Quarry
Viking weapon
axe / Long axe The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe
Dane_axe
Video game series
right-hand man, and is playable in VS mode. As opposed to Golden Axe II, where the characters, moves, and controls remained largely the same, Golden Axe III
Golden_Axe
Object used to achieve a goal
Ethiopia. One of the earliest distinguishable stone tool forms is the hand axe. Up until recently, weapons found in digs were the only tools of early
Tool
Object that reflects an image
off the hand can be turned inside out, turning a left-hand glove into a right-hand glove or vice versa). When a person raises their left hand, the actual
Mirror
Memory aid device
At the top of the tally a cut is made, the thickness of the palm of the hand, to represent a thousand pounds; then a hundred pounds by a cut the breadth
Tally_stick
Topics referred to by the same term
Long axe or Long Axe can refer to: Two-hand axe – any axe intended for two-hand usage Dane axe – European two-hand combat axe used during the Viking Age
Long_axe
Type of edged stone tool
crafting tools and weapons. The tranchet axe might have been used to fell lighter timber or for coppicing. Hand axe Waddington, Clive; Passmore, David G.;
Tranchet_axe
Surgically drilling a hole in the skull
trepanation used materials such as stone, obsidian, bronze, or bone shaped into hand-held tools. The intentional perforation of the cranium exposes the dura mater
Trepanning
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
But what allowed forest clearance on a large scale was the polished stone axe above all other tools. Together with the adze, fashioning wood for shelter
Neolithic
Prehistoric stone tool used as an amulet
A thunderstone is a prehistoric hand axe, stone tool, or fossil which was later used as an amulet to protect a person or a building. The name derives from
Thunderstone_(folklore)
Period of human history before records
Chinese ritual bronzes and Indian copper hoards, to European hoards of unused axe-heads. By the end of the Bronze Age large states, whose armies imposed themselves
Prehistory
Archaeological culture
Archived 2015-06-24 at the Wayback Machine Oldowan Flake Tool Stone Age Hand-axes at the Wayback Machine (archived February 4, 2007) Early Palaeolithic
Oldowan
Archaeological hypothesis
of African hand axes. It is possible that the environmental differences on either side of the Movius line prompted the invention of hand axes in one area
Movius_Line
Aspect of human history
dates to at least the Middle Paleolithic, with dozens of Neanderthal hand axes from France exhibiting use-wear traces suggesting these tools were struck
Control of fire by early humans
Control_of_fire_by_early_humans
Implement used for water-borne propulsion
while the long end is in the water. By contrast, paddles are held in both hands by the paddler, and are not attached to the vessel. Rowers generally face
Oar
Prehistoric period, second part of the Stone Age
As the "Neolithic package" (including farming, herding, polished stone axes, timber longhouses and pottery) spread into Europe, the Mesolithic way of
Mesolithic
Act of shaping stone materials
fall into five categories: Percussion tools for hitting - such as mallets, axes, adzes, bouchards and toothed hammers. Tools for rough shaping of stone,
Stone_carving
First epoch of the Quaternary Period
were fuller, apparently from decreased evaporation. Deserts, on the other hand, were drier and more extensive. Rainfall was lower because of the decreases
Pleistocene
Archaeological site in Turkey
woman's grave, spinning whorls were recovered and in a man's grave, stone axes. Some skulls were plastered and painted with ochre to recreate faces, a custom
Çatalhöyük
Use of knowledge for practical goals
the first stone tools by hammering flakes off a pebble, forming a sharp hand axe. This practice was refined 75 kya (thousand years ago) into pressure flaking
Technology
Russian neo-Nazi activist (1984–2020)
September 2020), better known as Tesak (Russian for Cleaver, Hatchet, Hand Axe, Machete), was a Russian neo-Nazi activist, media personality, vlogger
Maxim_Martsinkevich
Ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England
Various artifacts and prehistoric finds, including a jadeitite ceremonial axe head, have been found in the peat bogs along its length. Construction was
Sweet_Track
Prehistoric stone tool
tools were made. Hammerstones are or were used to produce flakes and hand axes as well as more specialist tools from materials such as flint and chert
Hammerstone
Throwing axes at targets as a sport
The modern sport of axe throwing involves a competitor throwing an axe at a target, either for fun or competition. As of the autumn of 2024, there are
Axe_throwing
Musket
could be pulled off from the front and slung on the hand, and the gun's rest is a double-sided hand axe. List of multiple-barrel firearms Shen qi pu (神器譜)
Xun_Lei_Chong
Village in Karnataka, India
believe that this site along with Biligere belong to the Early Stone Age. Hand-axe, guillotine chisels and many other Palaeolithic specimens found in the
Kibbanahalli
Tool for cutting brush and the like
that of an axe, and it is sometimes viewed as a type of axe. Other common names for the tool are bush knife, ditch bank blade, briar axe, and surveyor's
Sling_blade
Stone tool manufacturing
54°26′49″N 3°03′50″W / 54.447°N 3.064°W / 54.447; -3.064 The Langdale axe industry (or factory) is the name given by archaeologists to a Neolithic
Langdale_axe_industry
Prehistoric tool
Word appearing only once in a text or record Palstave – European Bronze Age axe Rattleback – Semi-ellipsoidal spinning top Edgar C. S. Gibson (1899). Walter
Celt_(tool)
Middle Eastern Neolithic culture
arrowheads continue traditions from the late Natufian culture, transverse-blow axes and polished adzes appear for the first time. Sedentism of this time allowed
Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_A
Type of house with a circular plan, usually with a conical roof
discovered by the authorities in 1998. It is constructed from a wooden frame of hand-cut Douglas Fir forest thinnings with cordwood infill, and reciprocal frame
Roundhouse_(dwelling)
Japanese multi-purpose knife
large, smooth wooden handle for comfortable use with one hand. It can serve as a small hand axe. The tool's total length varies from 11 to 15 inches (280
Hori_hori
American academic (born 1939)
accordingly." William H. Calvin has advanced the view that use of the Acheulean hand axe in hominids was a major factor in the evolution in human intelligence.
William_H._Calvin
Tool to give more leverage when throwing a spear-like projectile
long as the user's arm or forearm. The user holds the spear-thrower in one hand, gripping near the end farthest from the cup. The user puts the butt end
Spear-thrower
Murder in which the victim was struck and killed by an axe, hatchet or billhook
An axe murder is a murder in which the victim was struck and killed by an axe or hatchet. The following are some notable cases. Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
Axe_murder
the shape of a tool has led authors to controversially argue Acheulean hand axes as artistic expressions. There are several other claims of Lower Paleolithic
Art_of_the_Middle_Paleolithic
Archaeological site in Eritrea
10 hand-axes, 9 choppers, and a basalt pebble used as a hammer. Most of the choppers from this area were unworn, with only having patina. The axes are
Buya,_Eritrea
Upper Paleolithic culture of Europe
from Castel Merle, France Aurignacian jewellery, Belgium A painting of a hand in the Cave of Aurignac, France Jewelry, Fazael, Israel, Upper Paleolithic
Aurignacian
Type of battle axe
as a one handed weapon. Bronze examples of the Assyrian design are kept in the British Museum. Some historians have called the epsilon axe the "poor
Epsilon_axe
Egyptian hieroglyph
adze tool sign, Gardiner nos. U18 and U19, , , portray just the adze, (or hand-axe). The most common usage of this hieroglyph is for a descriptor with the
Adze-on-block_(hieroglyph)
1989 video game
Golden Axe is a 1989 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega for arcades on the Sega System 16B hardware. Players control one of three
Golden_Axe_(video_game)
Heavy striking tool
referred to as the scout hammer, as a complement to the pocket knife and hand axe. The handle is 12–18 inches (30–46 cm) long with a head weighing 2 to 6 lb
Sledgehammer
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
menues différences. [Besides, depending on the authors and the subjects at hand, the definition and therefore the borders of the Gravettian vary, sometimes
Gravettian
Items buried along with the body
These societies would bury their women with jewelry and their men with axes. The Durankulak cemetery on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast had findings to
Grave_goods
Primitive weapon component
different from weapons presumed to have been kept in the hand, such as knives, spears, axes, hammers, and maces. Stone tools, including projectile points
Projectile_point
Deserted human settlement in Breckland, Norfolk, England
allowed without special permission from the Army. A 500,000-year-old stone hand axe which contains a Cretaceous bivalve mollusc, Spondylus spinosus fossil
West_Tofts
Extinct species of archaic human
this parallel about 700,000 years ago. This coincides with the spread of hand axe technology across Europe, possibly associated with the dispersal of H.
Homo_heidelbergensis
Tool created from bone
viewing bone as simply another raw material. Modern humans, on the other hand, took advantage of bone's properties and worked it into specific shapes and
Bone_tool
Cutting tool
they were often used in a carpenter's workshop (in the UK use of a small hand axe was more common), and they were also found in the coopers' workshops in
Billhook
Town in Nakuru County, Kenya
specimens were found lying in the Kariandusi riverbed. This living site of the hand-axe man, was discovered in 1928. A rise in the Lake level drove prehistoric
Gilgil
Mountain in Nigeria
site that has yielded an outstanding collection of stone tools such as hand axes, artificially shaped spherical rocks, pick-like tools and hammer rocks
Olumo_Rock
Historically significant population of Homo erectus near Beijing
Zhoukoudian tools) into a "chopping-tool culture" and the West into a "hand axe culture". [T]his area cannot be considered in any sense "progressive" from
Peking_Man
Ancient production techniques
termination due to its sharp edge. Knapping Experimental archaeology Tranchet axe Harmand, Sonia; Lewis, Jason E.; Feibel, Craig S.; Lepre, Christopher J.;
Lithic_technology
City Council in Rajasthan, India
population were under 6 years of age. In the Didwana region of Rajasthan, hand axes were discovered that resembled those in the Shiwalik Range. These date
Didwana
Flint mine
compared with metals. Flint was much in demand for making polished stone axes in the Neolithic period. Much later, when flint had been replaced by metal
Grime's_Graves
Topics referred to by the same term
morphology Cordiform projection, a map projection Cordiform axe, a type of Lower Paleolithic hand axe This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
Cordiform
Mesolithic industry of the Franco-Cantabrian region
west along the coast was also similar, but added a distinctive form of pick-axe to its toolkit. Harpoon – Mas d'Azil – Museum de Toulouse Azilian point -
Azilian
needed]. It was also once thought of as one of the oldest in situ Acheulean hand axe site in the world[citation needed]. When it was discovered, the researchers
Kariandusi_prehistoric_site
National Historic Site of Tanzania
accompanied Louis Leakey in his 1931 expedition, where Louis found a number of hand axes close to camp soon after their arrival. Mary Leakey first visited the
Olduvai_Gorge
Medieval European polearm
variety of interchangeable parts and rivets. Generally, the head bore an axe head or hammer head mounted on ash or other hard-wood shafts from 120–180 cm
Poleaxe
Interglacial period of history of the British Isles during the middle Pleistocene
characterised by a lack of hand axes, which was then replaced about 415,000 years ago with an Acheulean industry using hand axes. The period is also known
Hoxnian_Stage
British geologist and archaeologist
began, he discovered India's first conclusive Paleolithic stone tool (a hand axe). He found the tool in southern India (Pallavaram, near Madras). After
Robert_Bruce_Foote
German mass murderer (1891–1925)
for something with which to kill himself. Finding a hand-axe, he intended to cut off his own hand, but hearing his mother-in-law scream, he ran back upstairs
Fritz_Angerstein
Two-panel oil painting by Jean Fouquet
stone as a depiction of a prehistoric human artefact, likely an Acheulean hand axe from c. 160,000–300,000 years ago. Its red–brown colour is characteristic
Melun_Diptych
Prehistoric artwork in the Saharan desert
the past several thousand years. Humans are shown hunting with spears and axes. The artwork portrays not only hunting, but the relationship between humans
Saharan_rock_art
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