The researchers began by identifying Palaeolithic sites in southern England and northern France where high concentrations of handaxes had been excavated - for example at Dunbridge in Hampshire, Swanscombe near Dartford and the Somme Valley in France. (sciencedaily.com)
The Lomekwi area where the tools were found had already produced the fossil skull of early hominin Kenyanthropus platyops by Meave and her team, and the West Turkana Archaeological Project has previously discovered the earliest artifacts from the Oldowan culture known from Kenya, and the world's oldest Acheulean handaxes. (turkanabasin.org)
That's probably because Deller lets others tell their own stories.There were neolithic handaxes you could touch, displayed on a trolley with wheels; a video of Deller's recent public art creation, an inflatable Stonehenge — a moon bounce, actually, where you can climb, jump, and flip all over — set to a soundtrack made by a steel - drum orchestra; and drawings of politicians made by convicted soldiers now in English prisons. (artfcity.com)