Giant stone artefacts found on rare Ice Age site in Kent
7 July 2023
Researchers at Archaeology South-East, part of the 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Archaeology, have discovered some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain - including the third largest ever found!
Some 800 stone tools were recovered during excavations in Kent, which were comissioned in advance of development of the Maritime Academy School in Frindsbury. Amongst the unearthed artefacts were two extremely large flint knives described as 鈥済iant handaxes鈥, dating from around 300,000 years ago. These mysterious stone tools are still being analysed, and we're hoping to better understand their function, the people who made them, and the site that they were found on in the future.
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