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There are many different types of flint axes. A specific one that appeared during the Early Stone Age was the core axe. This is an unpolished flint axe that is roughly hewn. The cutting edge is usually the widest part and has a pointed butt. Flake axes are created from the chips from the core axe. [1] Late Stone Age flint axe, about 31 cm long
Ancient knappers, working in the open air and with stone and bone tools, would have had less prolonged exposure to dust than in more modern workshops. [7] When gun flint knapping was a large-scale industry in Brandon, Suffolk, silicosis was widely known as knappers' rot. It has been claimed silicosis was responsible for the early death of three ...
Stone tools have been used throughout human history but are most closely associated with prehistoric cultures and in particular those of the Stone Age. Stone tools may be made of either ground stone or knapped stone , the latter fashioned by a craftsman called a flintknapper .
Archaeologists dig up prehistoric ancient flint tools while helping prepare the A34 for roadworks.
The quality of the material used to make tools was important in the ability of prehistory and Native American people to thrive and they would travel hundreds of miles to quarry flint to create or replace tools. [1] Tools made from Upper Mercer flint during the Paleo-Indian period were found in what is now Michigan [3] and West Virginia. [4]
The Lynch site, whose known extent is at least 690 acres (280 ha) has an estimated 20,000 pits from which flint was quarried. The pits range in depth from 3 to 10 feet (0.91 to 3.05 m), and are accompanied by spoil piles. It is located on the banks Spring Creek, a tributary of the Knife River. [8]
The Denbigh Flint complex was a Paleo-Inuit material culture that was active in Alaska and northwestern Canada from 4,000 to 3,300 years before present (2450 to 1450 BC). [1] They were the first members of the wide material assemblage known as the Arctic Small Tool tradition . [ 1 ]
A flint flake tool from the Neolithic, found in Hertfordshire, England. In archaeology, a flake tool is a type of stone tool that was used during the Stone Age that was created by striking a flake from a prepared stone core. People during prehistoric times often preferred these flake tools as compared to other tools because these tools were ...