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title: Stone Age Tools (Modern Recreations)
author: Jan van der Crabben
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18139/stone-age-tools-modern-recreations/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2023-11-13
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# Stone Age Tools (Modern Recreations)

_Authored by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/)_

## Image File

[![Stone Age Tools (Modern Recreations)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18139.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18139.jpg)

## Image Caption

A collection of modern recreations of [Stone Age tools](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/998/stone-age-tools/). The picture above shows (from top right to bottom left):

- A hatchet with a wing spar, used for felling trees
- A straight hatchet for shortening smaller pieces of wood (with a piece of deer antler above it to illustrate what is used for the "blade")
- A short axe with transverse stone blade, used for working wooden boards (with a piece of deer antler above it to illustrate what is used to hold the stone blade)
- Two wooden wedges to split wood, also used to make wooden boards

Photographed at the Pile-Dwelling museum in Unteruhldingen on Lake Constance, Germany.

#### Editorial Review

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## Bibliography

- [Pfahlbauten Museum – Freilichtmuseum und Forschungsinstitut in Unteruhldingen am Bodensee](https://www.pfahlbauten.de/ "Pfahlbauten Museum – Freilichtmuseum und Forschungsinstitut in Unteruhldingen am Bodensee"), accessed 10 Nov 2023.

## About the Author

Jan is the Founder & Chairman of World History Encyclopedia and is the organisation's Director of Design & Technology. He holds an MA War Studies from King's College, and he has worked in the field of history-related digital media since 2006.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/janvdc)

## Cite This Work

### APA
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### Chicago
Crabben, Jan van der. "Stone Age Tools (Modern Recreations)." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 13, 2023. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18139/stone-age-tools-modern-recreations/>.
### MLA
Crabben, Jan van der. "Stone Age Tools (Modern Recreations)." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 Nov 2023, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18139/stone-age-tools-modern-recreations/>.

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