10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HANDAX»
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handax in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
handax and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Here a series of handax and non-handax assemblages alternate with each other.
A non-handax assemblage is present at Bizat Ruhama on the southern coastal
plain of Israel at about 1.0 Myr. Another possible crossing point for hominins into
...
Scott Elias, Cary Mock, 2013
2
The Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester
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Robert of Gloucester, William Aldis Wright, 2012
3
Introduction to Paleoanthropology
With the Acheulean Industry, the use of stone (hard hammer) was pretty much
restricted to the preliminary rough shaping of a handax, and all the fine work
around the edges was done with wood and bone. Acheulean handaxes and
cleavers ...
4
Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Volume 28 (Supplement 7)
The term being investigated is "handax", The initial probe is: "How can you tell
that something is a handax?" The response is: "1ts's a bifacially worked tool, a
core tool, 8-20 cm, and ovoid," This is represented on paper as handax i bifacially
...
Allen Kent, James G. Williams, 2002
one of both surfaces of this handax (Fig. 19A). Is this portion the cortex or the
patina? In other words, is this portion the original surface of a nodule or the
prepared surface? This portion is slightly concave. It is difficult to assume that
such a ...
6
Operator and Organizational Maintenance Manual Including ...
Remove the radiacmeter from its carrying case, remove the battery box and the
batteries; use a sledge, handax, pick, hammer, crowbar, or any other available
heavy tool to completely demolish the radiacmeter. b. Cut. Use an ax, a handax, ...
7
Excavations at Jenné-Jeno, Hambarketolo, and Kaniana (Inland ...
The serpent motif pot that appeared to be the central element of the feature was
filled with thirty-eight spherical sandstone hammers plus a ground granite
handax (SF 579, Figure 5.7). Other important elements of Feature 21 were a
round ...
Susan Keech McIntosh, 1995
8
Encyclopaedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Kathryn A. Bard. Figure 86 Lower Paleolithic handax (from Bir Tarfawi, Western
Desert). of rock, or sometimes large flakes, from which many smaller flakes have
been removed across the whole of both faces (bifacial flaking), and all around the
...
9
Introduction to Paleoanthropology:
Why were there no Acheulean handax cultures in the Eastern provinces of Asia?
• history of research; • other explanations: • quality of raw materials (fine-grained
rocks rare) • different functional requirements (related to • environment and food ...
10
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
The handax sites are all subsumedunder the labelAcheulean. The nonhandax
sites aregivenaseries of names reflecting eitherregionally significant cultural
patterns, orlocal variations on thenon handax assemblage type. It isamoot point ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HANDAX»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
handax is used in the context of the following news items.
History of the World in 1000 Objects
History of the World in 1000 Objects opens up with a simple stone handax for cutting and digging made around 1.65-million years ago and ... «Boing Boing, Jan 15»
Neolithic Handax Discovered in Denmark
Denmark-Neolithic-Ax COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—A Neolithic ax still attached to its wooden handle has been discovered on the Danish ... «Archaeology, Nov 14»
'American Horror Story: Coven': Witch had it comin'
She lured the tour guide up to the attic where she promptly attacked her with a handax. (And it was 62 slaves, let the record reflect.) Mme. «Houston Chronicle, Jan 14»
Slideshow: Vikings invade Ballard
While the modest-looking handax is lighter, there is more weight going behind a smaller surface area, making it easier to break through the ... «Ballard News Tribune, Aug 13»
