7400Y.O: FANTASTIC DANISH MESOLITHIC FLINT SILEX CHISEL

This wonderful Danish Mesolithic flint artifact is called
"Core Chisel", occurs wherever core axes
are found, but they are much rarer.
Plays the greatest role in the Younger Maglemose Culture (8900-6400 bc), Kongemose Culture (6400-5400 bc.) and the older Erteboelle - Ellerbek Culture (5400-4000 bc.).
During the Mesolithic period (c.9300-4000 BC) after the end of the ice age, hunters spread across the extensive area which connected Denmark to England during the Continental period. The forest was relatively light in the beginning with bison, wild horses, elk and aurochs. In time, the forest became more dense and red deer and roe-deer became the commonest game. Settlements were often situated near the edges of lakes which have since become bogs. In the east of Denmark, the peat in these bogs has preserved a rich variety of weapons and tools, bones from slaughtered animals and the remains of dwellings, including hut floors made of wood and bark. During the Atlantic period, 6400-4000 BC, the sea level rose so much that the northern parts of Denmark were divided into islands, and deep fiords cut into the landscape. A dense forest dominated by limetrees spread across the land. The population was found mostly near the coasts and lived on fish and shellfish, supplemented by hunting and sealing. Food scraps were piled up in kitchen middens which contained huge numbers of oyster shells. Grave finds bear witness to care and respect for the dead. The side-edges shaped from one side,
making the cross section assume the shape of a trapeze.
May have a bevelled or symmetrical edge.
Specially treated edges on chisels are unknown.
The length of this wonderful artifact is 86 mms.
Wonderful marble-like salt-water patinated flint with fossil includings!!!!
Provenance is an old collection.
More details will follow the artifact.
I guarantee absolutely for the authenticity of
this chisel from the Hunter Gatherer Stone Age.
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