stone axes
Neolithic cutting implements
Stone axes are cutting tools made by attaching a shaped stone head to a wooden handle.
They represent a major technological advance in human prehistory, allowing for more efficient woodworking, land clearing, and hunting than handheld stone tools.
The term appears most often in archaeological and anthropological contexts: Polished stone axes appeared in the Neolithic period.
- hand axesHandheld prehistoric stone blades
- knappingFracturing stone for tools
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
- flakingShedding in layers
- peckingJabbing with beak
obsidian blades · hammerstones · grinding · ritual objects · polishing · burial goods · status symbols · cores · greenstone · quartzite · trade networks · basalt · blade · cutting · paleolithic · ancient technology · sharpening · tree felling
- ancient axesbattle axes
- Asian PrehistoryPaleolithic, Bronze Age, Chalcolithic, hunter-gatherers, pottery shards
- Caribbean archaeologypottery shards, burial sites, ball courts, three-pointers, cave art
- Japanese archaeologyYayoi period, burial mounds, excavation sites, ancient tombs, clay figurines
- Polish prehistoryBronze Age, Iron Age, flint tools, bronze tools, burial mounds
- prehistoryNeolithic, caveman, cavemen, paleolithic, Bronze Age
stone axeschainsaws
Motor-driven cutting tools
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stone axesprecision instruments
Devices requiring exact calibration
CNC machines · industrial machinery · power tools · smart devices