Mostly flint, mostly flakes, mostly Neolithic and later. Scatter N12 #UglowCollection @RAMMuseum #Prehistory #Devon #Archaeology clok.uclan.ac.uk/3149/

👇 This is ‘Tools (v004)’, a .glb sculpture that is part of @digitalcoleman.art ‘s curation for ‘5x5 EARTH’. More info soon! (For these types of artworks, nfts are actually a good fit! I haven’t minted this much in years, though 😀).

#3dscan #digitalart #tezos @objkt.com #stonetool #historyofthings

#StoneTool

#ergonomics

#SurfaceElectromyography

#LithicFunction

#LowerPalaeolithic

#Levallois

#CuttingEfficiency

#MuscleActivity

打製石斧（所沢市立埋蔵文化財調査センター所蔵）
Chipped Stone Axe (Collection of Tokorozawa City Archaeological Center)
#stoneaxe
#chipped
#stonetool
#3dmodel
#metashape
#tokorozawa
#saitama
#japan
#たまには石器

#Stonetool-production: the 'when's and 'why's of #lithic innovation. Middle #StoneAge #exchange networks, 320,000 years ago?

"Ancient #climate shifts may have sparked human ingenuity and...

With what may be an up to 350,000 y/o #StoneTool from #TabunCave, Mount Caramel (#Israel) there seems to be a 'new' oldest (known) #grinding / abrading tool in town:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/350000-year-stone-found-in-israel-is.html via @ArchaeoNewsNet

"...𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘹𝘦"

Made over 36,000 years ago, this tool was found by eagle-eyed Colin Cooley when walking back to his machine after tea break on @sizewellc.bsky.social ☕

Read more here: tr.ee/OCA-StoneTool

@cotswoldarch.bsky.social #OCAArchTeam