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The Stone Age in Greece. 125 which could be obtained nearer home. Single-edged axes with helve of bone or wood, fitted to what may be called their base, are plentiful {Fig. 7); axes with double edges and central Fig. 8.— Double-edged perforation, into which was inserted a handle of wood or bone cemented with pitch, also occur (Fig. 8). This last helve was Fig. 9. — Ferfonted axes ; hannalEle aiid porpliyry. Half: far away the most secure ; very probable restorations of both styles are preserved in the museum of St. Germain. Rare in the West, these axes are non-existent in the JEg^an, save in the Troad, where, says Schliemann, they are quite