Details
The Context
Description
Details
Title: Adze
Date: Neolithic
Provenance: Khasi-Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya
Medium: Stone
Dimensions(mm): 95 x 56 x 18
Weight: 115 gm
Source of Acquisition: Surface Collection
Credit Line: Dept. of Archaeology, Cotton University, Guwahati
Accession Number: PIF/00ST15
The Context
The axe, generally a core tool, is the earliest and longest-used ‘designed’ tool in human history, emerging in the archaeological record.
Description
Chipped Neolithic Short Axes made up of Amphibolite basalt. (2000 BCE-1000 BCE) from Khasi-Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya.
