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Description: | The Stone Age can be divided into three; the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic, each referring to the different stages of human development.It is most likely that this is a Neolithic axe head dating from 6000 BC - 3000 BC. At this time the Ice Age had ended, which made it easier for humans to hunt and move around despite dense forests across the country. The axe head found at Wombourne in 1943 has been highly polished. The narrow end suggests that it was fastened to a wooden handle. Little is known about the Neolithic people living around Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire as only a few axe heads have ever been found here.
Light coloured finely polished stone axe head, tapers down to the cutting edge, slimmer holding end has been chipped away more roughly than cutting edge. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Weapons Decorative arts Archaeology Hunting | Temporal: | 6000BC - 3000BC
Neolithic | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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