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Description: | This tranchet adze is over 6,000 years ago, and was found in Stockland, Devon. It is likely it was put into a wooden handle and used in woodworking and carpentry tasks. The tool gets its name from the special sharpening flake removal that gives the adze - Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC) - | Format: | text/html | License: | http://rammuseum.org.uk/legal | Publisher: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Rights holder: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Subjects: | Devon archaeology Antiquities | Temporal: | Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC) | Source: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Creator: | Not specified | Identifier: | http://rammcollections.org.uk/content/ca... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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