Fossils in Acheulean Handaxes Top image: An Acheulean handaxe knapped around a Cretaceous fossil of the bivalve Spondylus spinosus (West Tofts, Norfolk, England). Bottom image: An Acheulean handaxe knapped around an echinoid Conulus fossil (Middle Gravels: Swanscombe, Kent, England). For further information see:  Lycett, S.J. 2008. “Acheulean variation and selection: does handaxe symmetry fit neutral expectations?,” Journal of Archaeological Science 35(9):2640-2648. McNamara, K.J. 2007. “Shepherds’ crowns, fairy loaves and thunderstones: the mythology of fossil echinoids in England,” Piccardi, L and Masse, W.B. (eds.,) Myth and Geology. London: The Geological Society: 279-294. Nowell, A. and Chang, M.L. 2009. “The Case Against Sexual Selection as an Explanation of Handaxe Morphology,” PaleoAnthropology, 77-88. Saragusti, I., Sharon, I., Katzenelson, O., and Avnir, D. 1998. “Quantitative Analysis of the Symmetry of Artefacts: Lower Paleolithic Handaxes,” Journal of Archaeological Science 25(8):817-825. (Image sources: Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, London and The Geological Society, London).
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Fossils in Acheulean Handaxes Top image: An Acheulean handaxe knapped around a Cretaceous fossil of the bivalve Spondylus spinosus (West Tofts, Norfolk, England). Bottom image: An Acheulean handaxe knapped around an echinoid Conulus fossil (Middle Gravels: Swanscombe, Kent, England). For further information see:  Lycett, S.J. 2008. “Acheulean variation and selection: does handaxe symmetry fit neutral expectations?,” Journal of Archaeological Science 35(9):2640-2648. McNamara, K.J. 2007. “Shepherds’ crowns, fairy loaves and thunderstones: the mythology of fossil echinoids in England,” Piccardi, L and Masse, W.B. (eds.,) Myth and Geology. London: The Geological Society: 279-294. Nowell, A. and Chang, M.L. 2009. “The Case Against Sexual Selection as an Explanation of Handaxe Morphology,” PaleoAnthropology, 77-88. Saragusti, I., Sharon, I., Katzenelson, O., and Avnir, D. 1998. “Quantitative Analysis of the Symmetry of Artefacts: Lower Paleolithic Handaxes,” Journal of Archaeological Science 25(8):817-825. (Image sources: Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, London and The Geological Society, London).
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Fossils in Acheulean Handaxes

  • Top image: An Acheulean handaxe knapped around a Cretaceous fossil of the bivalve Spondylus spinosus (West Tofts, Norfolk, England).
  • Bottom image: An Acheulean handaxe knapped around an echinoid Conulus fossil (Middle Gravels: Swanscombe, Kent, England).

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(Image sources: Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, London and The Geological Society, London).

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