Details
The Context
Description
Details
Title: Hand axe
Date: Palaeolithic Period
Provenance: BNR Hills, Hyderabad Dt., Telangana
Medium: Quartzite Stone
Dimensions(mm): 92 x 38 x 23
Weight: 117 gm
Source of Acquisition: Surface Find
Credit Line: Dr. E. Sivanagi Reddy, Hyderabad
Accession Number: PIF/00ST28
The Context
A hand axe is the earliest and longest-used ‘designed’ tool in human history, emerging in the archaeological record. The hand axe is generally a core tool. It is roughly triangular in shape, broad at one end and pointed at the other.
Description
This artefact is a quartzite stone tool, named for its unifacially retouched. It suggests the Neolithic tradition in Hyderabad. This was found while exploring the area of BNR Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana.
