![]() The adze can be found on ancient hieroglyphs in Egypt and surrounding regions. The original adzes had a stone blade fastened to a wooden handle by tying's or wraps of twine like material or leather. The adze is believed to have originated in Egypt. Perhaps somehow related to Old French aisse, Latin ascia " axe" (see axe). The word has no cognates, though it resembles the names of the adz and the hammer in many languages". Adze "has been monosyllabic only since the seventeenth century. spelling modification of ads, addes, from Middle English adese, adse, from Old English adesa "adze, hatchet," which is of unknown origin. Imagine an axe with the blade itself twisted one turn at 90 degrees.Īlso adz, "cutting tool used for dressing timber, resembling an axe but with a curved blade at a right-angle to the handle," 18c. The blade of an adze is built at a right angle to the shaft of the tool. And the foot adze which has a longer handle similar to an axe handle. The hand adze, which is a hand tool with a short handle about the length of the average hammer handle. There are two main styles of adzes before the micro-definitions are explained. Adzes are used for shaping, carving, and smoothing wood. Even today it has a rudimentary appearance some what similar to an axe yet used for a different purpose. Stone Age | Anthropology | ’, accessed 6 July 2016, perhaps one of the oldest tools for woodworkers as used by different societies and mankind the world over. The Stone Age, whose origin coincides with the discovery of the oldest known stone tools, which have been dated to some 3.3 million years ago, is usually divided into three separate periods-Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Period-based on the degree of sophistication in the fashioning and use of tools. Stone Age: prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools. ![]() This axe was selected out of hundreds and hundreds of inferior examples and represents the finest possible piece of its type - one of the best few of a large, life-long collection! Intact original mineral deposits and patina deep within the flake scars and micro-crevices of the flaking are signs of authenticity and age not found in modern forgeries often seen on the market.The adze is a cutting tool that defines itself back to the stone age This fine specimen lacks any modern damage or alterations. The entire adze head is perfectly preserved and complete with exceptional shaping and workmanship. Adding to the rarity is the fact this is a curved adze head and was mostly likely a tool for canoe construction. ![]() Grooved axes like this are a much scarcer form. ![]() The majority of Capsian Neolithic stone axes are torpedo-shaped celt axes. The word is derived from the combination of ferruginous and concrete. Ferricrete is a mineral conglomerate consisting of surface sand and gravel cemented into a hard mass by iron oxide derived from the oxidation of percolating solutions of iron salts. The entire axe was made from a single piece of Ferricrete. Since the ancient region that this Neolithic culture once thrived in was a lake region, it is likely this adze was used to construct a dugout canoe by hollowing out a log.Īside from this being a scarcer type of ground stone axe head design, the stone used is extremely rare in tool-making of the region and culture. Adze axes were predominantly used in wood-working to remove and hollow out an object. ![]() The chopping end is ground and polished to achieve a sharp cutting edge. The groove would have been used to securely lash the axe head onto a wooden shaft handle. Axes like this are made by grinding a single stone entirely into a desired form. It was found on an exposed African Neolithic site in the Sahara Desert in Northwest Africa, and dates to over 5000 years ago. This unique curved ground stone grooved adze axe is from the African Capsian Neolithic culture. SEE MORE AFRICAN NEOLITHIC TOOLS AND ARTIFACTS ![]()
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