149 Hamburg-Eimsbüttel
In order to be able to clearly name Stone Age tools, archaeologists often use their own definitions. They distinguish axes and hatchets by the shaft hole: an axe has a hole; a hatchet blade does not. The flint axe and the rock axe from Eimsbüttel also exemplify the two essential new stone working techniques of the Neolithic - drilling and grinding.
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Axe
Age: 4.000 - 2.800 v. Chr. Neolithic period
Neolithic period: In the Neolithic period, people began for the first time to actively shape and change their environment: sedentarisation was one of the essential prerequisites for civilisational progress. Farmers cleared forests for their settlements, fields and for keeping livestock. They built their farms out of wooden posts, wattle and daub and clay. Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep are recorded as domestic animals. The diet of the people was now enriched by cereals such as wheat and barley, which were cultivated on farmland.
Material: Stone
Location: HH-Eimsbüttel
Hatchet
Age: 4.000 - 2.800 v. Chr. Neolithic period
Neolithic period: In the Neolithic period, people began for the first time to actively shape and change their environment: sedentarisation was one of the essential prerequisites for civilisational progress. Farmers cleared forests for their settlements, fields and for keeping livestock. They built their farms out of wooden posts, wattle and daub and clay. Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep are recorded as domestic animals. The diet of the people was now enriched by cereals such as wheat and barley, which were cultivated on farmland.
Material: Flint
Location: HH-Eimsbüttel