Description

Made of hardrock (probably granit), this axe hammer has been found on the Dniepr banks (thus explaining the erosion from water streams) in Ukraine and dates back between the 7th and 10th millenium B.C. : the mesolithic, transitional stage between the paleolithic and the neolithic period.

The stone has been verticaly pierced by abrasion, showing a 26 / 29 mm hole. One shouldn’t be confused with similar danish work that have been made during the chalcolithic period. Indeed, this technique has been spread from the Carpathian area to the North thousand of years afterwards, and has continue in the Northern regions of Europe due to the lack of copper ore in this area but soils ful of flints and stones.