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Item:1456927816436400YO: RARITY AX ADZE 72mms DANISH STONE AGE MESOLITHIC FLINT ERTEBOLLE CULTURE.
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This extremely rare Danish Mesolithic flint artifact is called
"Unsymmetrical Flake Ax ( Axe Adze )".
Belonging to the later part of the Erteboelle - Ellerbek Culture,
5400-4000 bc, the last Mesolithic Period.
Flake axes are the earliest form of axe known from the Nordic
stone age, first appearing during the Maglemose period. They
were made from large flint flakes possessing a sharp edge which
formed the cutting surface. It is likely that flake axes were
hafted with the flat broad side facing upwards and the cutting
edge at right angles to the handle like an adze. To begin with,
flint suitable for the manufacture of such flake axes was in
plentiful supply. However, flints found on the surface were
often frost-damaged and so raw material for making the large
flake axes soon became scarce. A new type of axe, the core axe,
gradually appeared and became ever more common but flake axes,
often manufactured from irregular flint fragments, persisted
throughout the Maglemose (8900 - 6400 bc) and Kongemose
(6400 - 5400 bc) periods. Rising sea levels at the end of the
Hunter-Gatherer period, exposed chalk cliffs and glacial morains,
thereby providing new sources of flint. The improved availability
of good flint may explain the renewed occurance of the flake axe
during the Erteboelle period. Flake axes from the Early Neolithic
period, often of irregular form and occasionally with polishing
on the blade, occur
very frequently. After about the middle of the Dolmen period,
flake axes essentially disappeared. They appeared once
again during the Dagger Period (2400 - 1800 bc) and the Early
Bronze Age, where often rather inferior quality flake axes are
found associated with settlement sites.
The side-edges of the unsymmetrical flake axes are trimmed
from opposite sides; as a rule the front side is not
trimmed smooth, though sometimes it is;
in these cases the implement is mostly a flat-trimmed flake ax on
which the trimming has removed the original side-edge at one side.
Occurs sporadically wherever flake axes are found, but never
in large numbers.
Provenance is an old collection.
More details will follow the artifact.
I guarantee absolutely for the authenticity of this very rare and
exciting artifact from the Gatherer and Hunter Stone Age.
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Primary Material:Stone
Brand:Flintstone
Provenance:Ownership History Available
Era:Prehistoric
Country/Region of Origin:Denmark
Color:Multi-Color
Style:Antique
Original/Reproduction:Original
Material:Flint
Age:Neolithic & Paleolithic
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