Flint knapping tools.

Two fish hooks; three rings, one cross; one heart, one chipped axe; three barbed arrows; three leaf arrows all of which are copies of Neolithic Implements. One flint knife and one flint saw

Two fish hooks; three rings, one cross; one heart, one chipped axe; three barbed arrows; three leaf arrows, one flint knife and one flint saw all of which are copies of Neolithic Implements, 6800-3200 BC. Stone tools were in use for thousands of years before early humans discovered how to make tools out of metal. They were generally made out of flint which would be sharpened by hammering one piece with another, or by chipping. Flint was made into tools such as rough axes and knives and even spear and arrow heads.

Details

Category:
Hand and Machine Tools
Object Number:
1927-2014
type:
arrows, fishhooks and saws
credit:
Haward, F.N.