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INPRIMATU
Name and being of giant axes
  • In a field in Kent (England) several “giant axes” of 300,000 years ago have been found.
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Argazkia: Archaeology South-East/ UCL
Argazkia: Archaeology South-East/ UCL

Chant pieces do not reach 30 cm, but technically if they measure more than 22 cm they are called “giants”. But saying “ha” is nothing concrete.

Experts believe that the utensils in this way were used to cut the meat, but since they were so large in Kent, “it’s hard to think they were easily used”, according to archaeologist Letty Apory. “Perhaps the role of these pieces was not so practical but symbolic.”