Sławomir Brzozowski was weeding his raspberry patch in Potok Górny, Poland when he came across an unusual rock. Smooth and shaped like a wedge that narrowed into a blade, the rock looked as though it ...

The introdution in Neolithic times of the polished stone axe-head,capable of producing large clean cuts,led to greater speed and precision in the in the clearing of woodland, and to its use on a ...

This Neolithic stone axe was found within a prehistoric pit at Clifton (Worcestershire) during an archaeological project in 2006. The axe itself is beautifully made of polished stone and is very ...

In the layers corresponding to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), researchers have identified ... b) composite tool, chisel axe with a bone handle resembling lithic axes. c) Chisel axe. d) The ...

This small stone axehead is made from volcanic tuff and dates from the neolithic period ... We can only theorise about how the axe came to be in this unusual location. It may be that the island ...

"The flint axe was the Swiss Army knife of its time. We know from research work that the part of the human brain which enables us to create such a tool is the same part responsible for forming ...