Neolithic Stone Adze/Stone cheapest Axehead/Neolithic Thai Farming Tool

cheapest Neolithic Stone Adze/Stone Axehead/Neolithic Farming Tool

* 3,000 to 5,000 years old

* 8.7 cm X 5.7 cm X 2.5 cm

* 155 Grams

* Metamorphic Igneous Rock, probably Olivine Basalt

This Neolithic Adze is a pre-Bronze Age farming implement from central Thailand. This style is non-shouldered and the shape is elongated triangular. The stone is quite worn from use, and the greenish-gray color pattern indicates that it was made from Cenozoic olivine basalt.

Additional information and photos from "The Excavation of Ban Non Wat" Volume Three (2009), edited by C. F. W. Higham and A. Kijgam, The Fine Arts Department, Thailand.