A ficron handaxe is a name given to a type of prehistoric stone tool biface with long, curved sides and a pointed, well-made tip. A handaxe is a bifacial Lower and Middle Paleolithic core Tool. A stone tool is in the most general sense any Tool made of stone. In archaeology a biface is a two-sided Stone tool, manufactured through a process of Lithic reduction, that displays flake scars on both sides They are found in Middle Palaeolithic and Acheulean contexts. The Middle Paleolithic (or Middle Palaeolithic) is the second subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Acheulean (also spelled Acheulian,) is the name given to an Archaeological industry of Stone tool manufacture associated with prehistoric Hominins The name was created by the famous French archaeologist François Bordes. François Bordes ( December 30, 1919 &ndash April 30, 1981) also known by the Pen name of Francis Carsac, was a
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Darvill, T (ed. ) (2003). Oxford Concise Dictionary of Archaeology, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280005-1.
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