axes

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One location stood out due to the discovery of about 80 grooved stone axes, which were used to break down and process ore.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

In a field where buzzards were flying overhead, they used metal probes and pick axes and shovels in their search for remains.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

The towering ambition of the men remaking the landscape with saws and axes, and the men, like Grainier, who were somehow pulled through that current.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Up to several hundred trucks can be escorted at a time, but even with the military by their side, convoys are still frequently targeted, especially on two key southern axes.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

It lacks the severe ecological barriers transecting the major axes of the Americas and Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond