Adze tools7/15/2023 ![]() The adze may have been found at this excavation, but these settlements are dated to slightly later than the elk axes. In 1922-23, archaeologists examined more than 1,600 square metres of a settlement from the Maglemose Culture at Holmegårds Mose. This prompted us to take a closer look at the origin of the adze.Ī document from the early 1900s mentions that the adze, along with four flint cores and several flint tools and flakes “most likely … originates from the well-known settlement of Holmegårds Mose, which was excavated by archaeologists at the National Museum of Denmark." Yet it wasn’t until last year that we noticed that the adze is ornamented. ![]() Many visitors at the museum have seen the adze in the exhibition case, including a number of professionals, quite a few of whom have even held it in their hands. ![]() The adze is broken at the shaft hole, i.e. The almost 14-centimetre long adze is made from an elk’s large prong, which is taken from the broad branch of the antler that sticks out of the skull.Īn inclined chipping of the prong has created an edge, which has several marks from use, while an oval shaft hole has been drilled into the flatter part of the prong from both sides. One of these is an elk-antler prong adze, which has been on exhibition at Økomuseum Samsø in Denmark since the 1960s.
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