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Archaeology in Warwickshire
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| Handaxes |
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 Two of the andesite hand-axes from Waverley Wood. | | A handaxe is a general purpose tool, used mainly for cutting and scraping. The sharp point would have been used to pierce the hide of an animal before it was skinned with the cutting edge. Modern experiments have shown that a handaxe could be made in about twenty minutes. Flint was the most popular rock for tool-making, but this was very scarce in Warwickshire where quartzite was used instead. Three handaxes from Waverley Wood Farm Pit are of a more unusual rock - andesitic tuff. In 2004 another very fine hand axe made of porphyritic andesite was found close to the site of the original discovery. It was found along with other hand tools and debris as well as the bones of straight-tusked elephants. The axes are on display at the Warwickshire Museum. |
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