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Oldowan Tools
The appearance of simple stone tools, widely known as Oldowan tools or the Oldowan industry, marked the beginning of our technological revolution. To our knowledge, these artifacts appeared around 2.6 million years ago in the savannahs of...
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Stone Age Tools
As the Stone Age covers around 99% of our human technological history, it would seem there is a lot to talk about when looking at the development of tools in this period. Despite our reliance on the sometimes scarce archaeological record...
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Bone Rank System
The Bone Rank System (Golpum or Kolpum) of ancient Korea was used in the Silla kingdom (57 BCE – 935 CE) in order to signal a person's political rank and social status. Membership of a particular rank within the system was extremely important...
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Stone Age Tools (Modern Recreations)
A collection of modern recreations of Stone Age tools. The picture above shows (from top right to bottom left): A hatchet with a wing spar, used for felling trees A straight hatchet for shortening smaller pieces of wood (with a piece...
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Chinese Oracle Bone
Oracle bone from the reign of King Wu Ding (late Shang dynasty).
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Decorated Bone Objects from Ancient Ireland
Bones decorated with carvings from Loughcrew, Co. Meath, Ireland, 2nd century BCE.
National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.
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Magdalenian Bone Sewing Needle
Flat bone sewing needle found at Gourdan Cave, Haute-Garonne, France. It belongs to the western European Magdalenian culture (c. 17,000 - c. 10,000 years ago) of the Late- or Upper Palaeolithic industry (c. 50,000/40,000 - c. 10,000 years...
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Magdalenian Bone Spear Thrower
Spear thrower made out of bone and decorated with a carving of a horse's head. It belongs to the western European Magdalenian culture (c. 17,000 - c. 10,000 years ago) of the Late- or Upper Palaeolithic industry (c. 50,000/40,000 c. 10,000...
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Drawings of Middle Palaeolithic Tools: Points & Scrapers
Drawings of stone tools belonging to the Middle Palaeolithic (sometimes called 'Mousterian') industries, found from Europe and the Near East to Africa between approximately 250,000 and 30,000 years ago. It is associated with archaic homo...
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Medieval Carpenters' Tools
A board showing the carpentry tools commonly used in the Middle Ages in Europe. On display at Guédelon castle in Treigny, Burgundy, France.
