On Hawaii Island, the Maunakea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve encompasses 3,894 acres and many unique features including a lake ...

adzes, pikes, and peaveys they used to build homes and harvest wood, and the sleds, wagons, and canoes they used to travel. These granite spires in Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park no ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a farming society in Morocco more than 5,000 years ago, plugging a gap in ...

However, securely dated Pleistocene edge-ground stone axes/adzes have now been identified from Marine Isotope Stage 3 sites ...

adzes, chisels, stoves, measuring devices. There are even official chops, or ink stamps, to be used by netherworld bureaucrats. In a culture as rich and ancient as China's, the line from past to ...

The pharaoh's workers axed and sawed raw logs then trimmed them with adzes, much as traditional Egyptian boatbuilders do today. This detail of the ship's deckhouse displays the fine workmanship ...

Our correspondent reacquaints himself with the PNG capital, a place getting a lot more attention these days “I’m reminded ...

Can you think of one use for these tools? The nephrite adze blades in Figure 22 are made from large piece of stone called a blank. For strong adzes, the toolmaker would seek out specific types of ...

There has been a surge of interest in the history and cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, both before and ...

Pottery sherds and spindle whorls; spearheads of iron, bronze, and copper; axes, adzes, and hoes; and gold-working equipment such as tuyères and crucibles—all were very similar to household ...

They are filled with everything from arrow and spear points, stone adzes, axes and gouges. There are even pieces of ornate ceramics dating back as far as 800 BC. Dr. Jackson has unearthed all of ...