A late Neolithic (3200-2400 BC) Ground stone knife recovered from excavations at the Ness of Brodgar, Stenness, Orkney, Scotland. The raw material for this tool is very fine-grained Orcadian sandstone and the artefact was shaped by grinding on all surfaces. Ground stone knives are relatively uncommon on Orkney and the form of this artefact is similar to ‘Shetland knives’ that are commonly manufactured from Felsite.
This model was produced for a Leverhulme Trust funded project ‘Working stone, making communities: technology and identity on prehistoric Orkney’. This model will feature on a web resource about Orcadian stone tools, which is currently under development.
SF 20678. Excavations directed by Nick Card, ORCA. For more info see: http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/nessofbrodgar/
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