Shoe-last celt Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

A Shoe-last celt is a long thin stone tool characteristic of the early Neolithic Linearbandkeramic and Hinkelstein culturess, also called Danubian I in the older literature.

The tools are square in profile with a rounded top, which is why they are compared with shoe makers' lasts. The preferred material is amphibolite; basalt is also used.

Shape and wear show that they were used as adzes to fell trees and to work wood. Some blades have traces of hafting as well. The finds from the wells of Kückhoven and Eythra in Germany demonstrate a high standard of carpentry. Shoe-last celts have also been used as weapons, as attested by smashed skulls from Schletz (Austria) and Talheim (Germany). An older theory suggests their use as hoes, but their are no wear-traces to support this.

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