27 Grinding
The grinding of axes and other stone tools was a technological advance of the Neolithic period. The flint was already roughly beaten into the shape of an axe in the quarrying areas and negotiated in this way. Such a blank was then given its final shape by being ground on a stone base with the addition of sand and water. The new technique also made it possible to re-sharpen a blunt cutting edge with little loss of material, as it no longer had to be cut off completely.
Info: Showcase 27
Hatchet
Age: 4000 - 2800 v. Chr. Neolithic period
Neolithic period: In the Neolithic period, people began for the first time to actively shape and change their environment: sedentarisation was one of the essential prerequisites for civilisational progress. Farmers cleared forests for their settlements, fields and for keeping livestock. They built their farms out of wooden posts, wattle and daub and clay. Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep are recorded as domestic animals. The diet of the people was now enriched by cereals such as wheat and barley, which were cultivated on farmland.
Material: Flint
Location: Copenhagen
Grinding Stone
Age: 4000 - 2800 v. Chr. Neolithic period
Neolithic period: In the Neolithic period, people began for the first time to actively shape and change their environment: sedentarisation was one of the essential prerequisites for civilisational progress. Farmers cleared forests for their settlements, fields and for keeping livestock. They built their farms out of wooden posts, wattle and daub and clay. Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep are recorded as domestic animals. The diet of the people was now enriched by cereals such as wheat and barley, which were cultivated on farmland.
Material: Sandstone (?)
Location: unknown (Copenhagen?)
Hatchet Blank
Age: 4000 - 2800 v. Chr. Neolithic period
Neolithic period: In the Neolithic period, people began for the first time to actively shape and change their environment: sedentarisation was one of the essential prerequisites for civilisational progress. Farmers cleared forests for their settlements, fields and for keeping livestock. They built their farms out of wooden posts, wattle and daub and clay. Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep are recorded as domestic animals. The diet of the people was now enriched by cereals such as wheat and barley, which were cultivated on farmland.
Material: Flint
Location: HH-Wellingsbüttel
Hatchet Blank
Age: 4000 - 2800 v. Chr. Neolithic period
Neolithic period: In the Neolithic period, people began for the first time to actively shape and change their environment: sedentarisation was one of the essential prerequisites for civilisational progress. Farmers cleared forests for their settlements, fields and for keeping livestock. They built their farms out of wooden posts, wattle and daub and clay. Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep are recorded as domestic animals. The diet of the people was now enriched by cereals such as wheat and barley, which were cultivated on farmland.
Material: Flint
Location: HH-Bergedorf