Celt (tool) - Wikipedia
In archaeology, a celt / ˈsɛlt / is a long, thin, prehistoric, stone or bronze tool similar to an adze, hoe, or axe. A shoe-last celt was a polished stone tool used during the early European Neolithic for felling trees and woodworking.
Full Grooved Axes - U.S. National Park Service
Oct 28, 2021 · The celt, which is a stone shaped to a taper at one end with no groove, replaced the grooved axe during the Woodland period. Also used to help fell trees and process wood like grooved axes, celts would have been attached to handles for ease of use.
Ancient Celtic warfare - Wikipedia
Ancient Celtic warfare refers to the historical methods of warfare employed by various Celtic people and tribes from Classical antiquity through the Migration period. Unlike modern military systems, Celtic groups did not have a standardized regular military.
Celts - Peach State Archaeological Society
While the axe underwent changes through time toward the discontinuation of the groove, the change was not complete until some time during the Woodland period, when the grooved, ground-stone axe was replaced by the celt (the grooveless axe) as a utilitarian tool form.
Celt | Stone Age, Neolithic, Handaxe | Britannica
Celt, characteristic New Stone Age tool, a polished stone ax or adz head designed for attachment to a wooden shaft and probably mainly used for felling trees or shaping wood. Great numbers of celts have been discovered in sites in the British Isles …
Shoe-last celt - Wikipedia
A shoe-last celt (German: Schuhleistenkeil) is a long thin polished stone tool for felling trees and woodworking, characteristic of the early Neolithic Linearbandkeramik and Hinkelstein cultures, also called Danubian I in the older literature.
Celt | Olmec | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An Olmec sculptor created this celt, or axe, from a high-quality, blue-green jadeite. The petaloid (petal-shaped) celt was masterfully rounded and polished before likely being buried in a dedicatory assemblage.
Three-Quarter Grooved Axe - Museum of Stone Tools
This granite three-quarter grooved stone axe is from the Doerschuk site, Davidson County, North Carolina. It likely dates to the Middle Archaic period, ca. 5000-8000 BP. The axe in this model was expertly pecked, ground, and polished. The underside is concave rather than flat.
celt; axe - British Museum
Wedge-shaped celt or axe blade forged from native copper. Though the blade thins slightly towards what would have been a cutting edge, the edge has been blunted deliberately - probably with a file - post excavation.
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