- A
ficron handaxe is the name
given to a type of
prehistoric stone tool
biface with long,
curved sides and a pointed, well-made tip. They are
found in Lower...
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Acheulean hand-axes from Kent. The
types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate,
ficron, and ovate....
- Tool
types found in
Acheulean ****emblages
include pointed, cordate, ovate,
ficron, and bout-coupé hand-axes (referring to the
shapes of the
final tool), cleavers...
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Acheulean hand-axes from Kent. H. erectus
flint work. The
types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate,
ficron and ovate....
- 27–47. ISSN 0003-5521.
Bordes 1961, pp. 58–59.
Ficron is a word used by
farmers in the
Somme region. The
ficron is the
point of a
blade located at the end...
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Acheulean handaxes from Kent. The
types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate,
ficron, and ovate....
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Acheulean hand-axes from Kent. The
types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate,
ficron and ovate.
Arguably a form of
early art....
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Acheulean hand axes from Kent. The
types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate,
ficron and ovate. It was the longest-used tool of
human history....
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symmetrical elongated tapering tip is
typical of a type of
handaxe known as a
ficron. A
Bronze Age
sword was
discovered at Upnor.
Michael Nightingale in 1953...
