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Prehistoric Tools and Pottery, Perth Museum and Gallery, Perth, Scotland, 28.12.19.
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Prehistoric Tools and Pottery, Perth Museum and Gallery, Perth, Scotland, 28.12.19.
Neolithic Axeheads, North Lincolnshire Museum, Scunthorpe, 14.12.19.
Neolithic Axeheads, North Lincolnshire Museum, Scunthorpe, 14.12.19.
Prehistoric Stone Axe Heads, The Yorkshire Museum, York, August 2019.
Archaeologists marvel at Neolithic axe finds in Orkney
A large number of stone axes are among more than 30,000 pieces of pottery, bones and tools found so far at a 5,000-year-old site in Orkney.
The Ness of Brodgar is one of the largest and most important Neolithic excavations in Northern Europe, according to archaeologists.
Two of the polished stone axes show damage from use.
One of the tools, found by an Australian student, has been described as an "object of beauty".
Ness of Brodgar Trust and the Archaeology Institute of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) are running the excavation.
UHI said the axe found by archaeology student Therese McCormick "astonished" archaeologists at the site through its "sheer quality of workmanship". Read more.
Another ancient Sharjah site found by archaeologists
SHARJAH // Stone axes, scrapers and awls thought to date back hundreds of thousands of years have been unearthed at a newly discovered archaeological site in Al Dhaid.
A team of archaeologists from the Department of Antiquities and Tubingen University in Germany found a large quantity of stone tools at the site in the central region of Sharjah.
Dr Sabah Jassim, head of the local archaeological team, said the items are being analysed to determine their exact age.
“We have sent several items, including axes and scrapers, to Germany for further analysis, said Dr Jassim. “The discovery of these tools will add valuable information to our records about the Stone Age in the emirate, and the early history of human groups and their predecessors in this region.” Read more.
Neolithic Weapons Recovered from the Chalakkudy River Basin
THRISSUR: A pair of ancient stone axes (Kanmazhu) were found from the bed of Chalakkudy River here on Tuesday. The recovery not only sheds light on the neolithic culture existed in the region but also on the life of a primitive tribal group.
According to historian M G Sasibhooshan, who took initiative to hold archaeological exploration in the area which resulted in the recovery of the ancient artefacts, these axes could be the tools of the primitive tribal group ‘Kadar’, who lived in the Parambikulam reserve forest area.
The Parambikulam forest and the Chalakudy river basin, which includes the Athirappilly and Vazhachal waterfalls area, was the only home of the ‘Kadar’ community. At present, there are about 2,000 persons belonging to the tribal group in the area. Read more.
New find challenges 'simple' Australian artefacts assumption
Purposely sharpened or 'retouched' stone axes evolved in Australia thousands of years before they appeared in Europe according to researchers studying the south-east Asian archaeological record.
They found 30,000-year-old flakes from ground-edged axes at a site near Windjana Gorge in the central Kimberley.
In a recent paper with Professor Sue O'Connor, UWA archaeologist Jane Balme says the evidence collected challenges common assumptions about paleolithic innovations.
"The suggestion that all innovation has to come from the Old World is not true because clearly ground-stone axes were created here," Prof Balme says. Read more.