PEBBLE HAND AXE-
Grenade- Haute Garonne Terraces, France. Oldowan Period- 600,000 – 400,000 years ago. Material- Quartzite.
12 cm x 12 cm
This tool was was fashioned by Homo erectus in the Early Acheulian tradition of the Lower Paleolithic Period. This tool was made from a quartzite river cobble and was found where early humans once lived on the terraces of the Haute-Garonne river in Southwest France. Recent studies report extensive continual prehistoric habitation from the Early Lower Paleolithic to the Upper Paleolithic. The different ages are found in the different terraces and layers.
