8500Y.O: MARVELOUS DANISH MESOLITHIC FLINT CORE AX ADZE

This exceptional rare Danish Mesolithic flint artifact is called
"Symmetrical core adze",
occurs wherever core axes are found, but 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 early Maglemose period, core axes came into ever more common use and gradually replaced the earlier flake axes. Core axes were manufactured out of smaller pieces of flint by knapping away surplus stone along the side edges. The new axes used less raw material and were easier to resharpen than the flake axes, which explains why they came to dominate over the older type. Wear induced polishing along the cutting edge indicates that these axes were probably used to trim and finish wood. This is further supported by microscopic analysis of the cutting edge of axes recovered from the "Ochre Graves" at Bögebakken. Many archaeological finds have shown that core axes were hafted at right angles to the handle in the same way as an adze. Core axes are unknown from the Neolithic period. This type of adze is symmetrical according to the vertical plane;
the edge lies in the plane of the side-edges;
the final trimming of the side-edges made from the same side
which means that it was probably hafted as an adze; the final trimming of the side-edges performed from the same side.
The length of this rare artifact is 99 mms (25.4 mms is 1 inch).
Wonderful marble-like patinated flint with fossil includings!!!
Provenance is an old collection.
More details will follow the artifact.
I guarantee absolutely for the authenticity of this
terrific artifact from the Hunter Gatherer Stone Age.
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