Details:
The Context
Details:
Title: Handaxe
Date: Palaeolithic
Provenance: Telangana
Dimensions (mm): 133 x 77
Weight: 2.7 gm
Source of Acquisition: Surface Collection
Credit Line: Gift, Bellampalli, Telangana Museum, Hyderabad
Accession Number:PIF/000ST2
The Context
Handaxes are the earliest and longest-used ‘designed’ tool in human history, emerging in the archaeological record. Handaxe is generally a core tool.
This particular handaxe is a biface, it’s useful on both sides. It is roughly triangular in shape, broad at one end and pointed at the other. It’s made up of quartzite and were might used cutting wood and killing animals for food. This was found while exploring the area at Bellampalli in Telangana.
