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Three flint axes from the stone age. (prehistoric, tools, early humans, culture, archaeology, implements)
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Uniface blade and three end scrapers
Uniface blade and three end scrapers Stone tool flaked on one surface only, known as a uniface blade, and three end scrapers.

Stone Age

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Marija Gimbutas
Professor of European Archaeology and Indo-European Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 1963ā€“89. Author of The Bronze Age Cultures of Central and Eastern Europe and others.
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Stone Age, prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools. The Stone Age, whose origin coincides with the discovery of the oldest known stone tools, which have been dated to some 3.3 million years ago, is usually divided into three separate periodsā€”Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Periodā€”based on the degree of sophistication in the fashioning and use of tools. Paleolithic archaeology is concerned with the...

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