I've studied archaeology for several years and for some time I have been knapping simple flint tools as a hobby. I was looking through some old publications today and the question came to my mind: are we able to determine the potential value of flint and stone tools at a time of their popularity? We undoubtedly know that in the early Bronze Age, metal was a prestigious commodity, as evidenced by the grave gifts. I also read another publication in which it was reported that in 19th century New Guinea, stone adze could be exchanged for livestock. Maybe some of you accidentally found an article that deals with this topic? It seems to me that a detailed comparative analysis of artefacts from graves and flint workshops could be a good lead.
Hey what's up, just moved from Massachusetts and am looking to gets some people to play or even just check out shows with. My two favorite bands are Tool and Queens of the Stone Age, hell yeah! Here's a link to a video I made to recruit musicians if you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyNGKDBLA_8
Hey everybody! I have a little question concerning the tools upgrade in stone age.
Imagine this scenario:
- i have a tool of value 1 in one of my three tiles and in the current round i get a civilization card that has a tool in it. When i take out my meeple (after paying the resources for the civ card) do i get another tool of value 1 to put in a second tile (2 out of 3) or do i upgrade my existing tool from value 1 to value 2?
This question arose because i was watching the episode in tabletop where Will Wheaton and buddies play stone age and Will had just one tool (of value 1) in a tile. And he got that civ card where he has to roll a number of die equal to the number of players and then each player chooses what he wants and Will chose the tool and upgraded the one he had to level 2 because of it. Should he have picked up a tool of value 1 or was he playing correctly by upgrading the one he had to level two even tho the three tool tiles weren't filled yet?
Thanks for reading and to anyone who helps!
I cant post a picture sadly, but what Im talking about is the first picture in this article and what appears to be black writing on the actual piece, that cant be right. We are talking about the Balcans, so rules might not apply. Are these kind of stone tools plenty so not that big of a deal? Is this common for museums to do?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory_of_Southeastern_Europe
I was gifted these knives by my Wife a couple years ago and they're now getting to the point where I feel they need a touch up. Except the bread knife.
I'm based in England if that makes a difference to recommendations based on availability or what not. Also I am noob so any techniques would also be appreciated.
My mum was digging in the garden underneath some old concrete, and she came across a bunch of old-looking bone and charcoal. Not long after, she found this stone nearby: https://imgur.com/a/xRGm2Bb
It looks a lot like it has a serrated edge, and it seems to have marks on it consistent with use as a tool. I’m wondering if it is a stone-age tool.
This is in the Hertfordshire area (England).
This is the bone she found: https://imgur.com/a/dKIAGuw
Would anyone be able to identify this stone as a stone-age tool? Does anyone have an idea what kind of animal this might be as well? Thanks
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