Lexicographical Neighbors of Handaxes
Literary usage of Handaxes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"Not only choppers and bifaces (handaxes and cleavers) are the main typological
traits ... Among other tool types some of the older types, like handaxes, ..."
2. Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece 1 by James Wiseman (2003)
"The question of the co-occurrence, here and much farther afield, of flake tool
industries and industries with handaxes has still not been satisfactorily ..."
3. The Neolithic and Bronze Ages by Sara Anderson Immerwahr (1971)
"Both 222 and 223 are examples of polished stone handaxes without any boring for
a handle, ... Such handaxes continued into the Early Bronze Age: cf. ..."
4. A Text-book on Field Fortification by Gustave Joseph Fiebeger (1913)
"Each company has portable handaxes for cutting the stakes and measuring rods
employed in laying out the work. The regimental wagon carries 6 hatchets, ..."
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