![]() A first experimental protocol was developed to create a reference collection of the archaeological antler tools to provide information on the manufacturing technology adopted by the ancient craftsmen approximately 3500 years ago. The aim of this work was to provide an alternative interpretation of their function, possibly linked to the different morphology of their active areas. These bevel-ended instruments are traditionally considered handled hoes, related to agricultural purposes such as tillage. This research aimed to evaluate the hypotheses related to the production and possible uses of a class of deer antler tools from the Bronze Age Terramara of Pragatto (Italy). Putting life into Late Neolithic houses.Experimental Archaeology the Exhibition.Registration Form for Individual Members.Registration Form for Institutional Members.Institutional Members Groups & Associations.Institutional Members Higher Education Centres.Get one of these, add a new hickory handle to it, and you’re good to go for at least a few more decades. You can find new versions on the internet from $18 to $34 dollars, but you can also find one, or maybe just the head for one, in antique shops, junk stores, or farm auctions. Mine may have been a government-issue tool from some branch of the military, circa WWII, when it might have been helpful in digging foxholes. I keep mine sharpened, which makes weed-chopping a little easier, but that really doesn’t matter much. ![]() I also use it as my prime gardening tool in my rich, loose-and-fluffy home-made garden soil to create holes and furrows and to chop weeds out by the root. It’s great for digging a planting hole out of virgin sod where you expect to encounter rocks, glass shards, or other sharp nasties. Mine came to me as a gift a long, long time ago, and I’ve used it for so many things I’ve lost count of them all, but I use it primarily for gardening efforts. In this case, though, I’m talking about a shorter handle, and a lighter mattock, making for a one-handed garden tool. The mattock is typically affixed to a long handle. Every gardener is familiar with the mattock, whether it’s an adze mattock which that features an adze in combination with an axe, or a pick mattock which has a pick on the opposite side of the tool. We refer to the same blade configuration, that is, a blade installed at a right-angle to the handle, as a mattock when the blade is duller and intended for chopping into the earth. A short-handled adze is called a hand adze, because you swing it with your hand, and a long-handled adze is referred to as a foot adze because if you aren’t using it carefully, you’ll chop off your foot. It has, for the most part been replaced by mechanized woodworking tools. Today, the adze is a sharp tool that’s used in rough carpentry. It’s obvious that one of the first tools early man would invent was something to dig with that was a bit more finger-friendly. Imagine our prehistoric ancestor digging with his hands into the dirt, he points his fingers perpendicular to his hand and scoops out a handful of dirt, and along with it maybe a few sharp stones, a thorn or two, or perhaps a splinter slides under a fingernail. It was invented about the first time someone tied a rock to a stick, which you can figure was quite a while back. The adze is among the very oldest of stone-age tools.
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