Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes, was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his discovery, in about 1830, of flint tools in the gravels o
Boucher de Perthes
Biface of Menchecourt-les-Abbeville, exhibited at the Universal Exhibition of 1867.
Grave in Abbeville.
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A hand axe is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is made from stone, usually flint or chert that has been "reduced" and shaped from a larger pie
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
…də PAIRT), was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his discovery, in about 1830, of flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley. Life Biface of Menchecourt-les-Abbeville, exhibited at the Universal Exhibition of 1867. Born at Rethel, in the Ardennes, he was the eldest son of Jules Armand…
Flint hand axe found in Norfolk, England
Acheulean hand axes from Kent. The types shown are (clockwise from top) chordate, ficron and ovate.
Typical Acheulean hand axe
Examples of ovate handaxes from the Boxgrove site in England