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In Africa, some time back this technique was named as ‘Chellean’. The handaxes made in Acheulian technique are the characteristic form of the Acheulian culture, which appears to have originated in Africa around 1.5 million years ago (Clark, 1982, p. 41). but, its complete successive stages are well documented in western Europe. The Lower, Middle and Upper or Advanced Acheulian stages besides typological modification also evidence development of Acheulian technique. It was the Advanced Acheulian stage which was particularly widespread in European, African and perhaps parts of Asian continents.