Amirkhanov Kh.A.

Key words: Oldowan, early Acheulean, stone tools, typology, tool assemblage, picks.
Analysis of assemblages from representative early Acheulean and Oldowan sites in Africa, the Near East and Southern Europe allows concluding that picks as a type of stone tool are common to Oldowan tool assemblages. The article considers the territorial distribution of this type of tool and its evolution from the Oldowan to the Acheulean.