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This list excludes tools and tool use attributed to non-hominin species. See Tool use by non-humans. Since there are far too many hominin tool sites to list on a single page, this page attempts to list the 6 or fewer top candidates for oldest tool site within each significant geographic area.
Complex stone tools were used by the Gunditjmara of western Victoria [27] until relatively recently. [28] Many examples are now held in museums. [27] [26] Flaked stone tools were made by extracting a sharp fragment of stone from a larger piece, called a core, by hitting it with a "hammerstone". Both the flakes and the hammerstones could be used ...
Tools from a specific place – Scottish tools, tools from Massachusetts makers, etc. Tools of a specific occupation – cooper's tools, machinist tools, watchmaker's tools, garden tools. A combination of one or more of the above categories — for example, one each of a specific type of Stanley tool, i.e. all Stanley saws, all Stanley marking ...
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The tool, which was made between 1,300 and 800 B.C., was well-preserved, officials said. Over 200 other artifacts were found at the site, including the skeletal remains of a young child and the ...
The tools show that he was a smith and a carpenter, and had some knowledge of locks, coppersmithing and coopering. [3] Among the items were three padlocks of a design inspired by Roman locks and of the same kind that were found at excavations in Birka .
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After looking at a range of tools from prehistory to the Romans, the book examines in detail more recent hand tools by function: from saws to drills and braces; from rules and gauges to bevels, squares and levels. Much of the book, however, is devoted to an extensive selection of wooden and metal planes and highlights their manifold functions ...