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(archaeology) a cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge.
A "hachereau" or hatchet, sometimes served as a hammer.
Bifacial tools are represented by an amigdaloid hand-axe (Figure 4.2:6), a possible biface fragment, and an atypical hachereau.
In its essential features, this kind of implement might also be viewed as a kind of small hachereau (Type 55).
Use hachereau when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hachereau means (archaeology) a cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge.
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A "hachereau" or hatchet, sometimes served as a hammer.
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