When Japanese scientists wanted to learn more about how ground stone tools dating back to the Early Upper Paleolithic might have been used, they decided to build their own replicas of adzes, axes, and ...

A pre-European stone adze unearthed on a forestry block in eastern Taranaki has been returned to iwi for safekeeping. The artefact was found on November 13 on a farm track at Tututawa that was being ...

In this video, we explore the ancient craft of primitive pottery, demonstrating techniques to create functional pottery using ...

Science isn’t always test tubes and beakers. Sometimes, you have to smash fake skulls with an ax. A team of Spanish scientists used that very technique to try and answer a 7,000 year old mystery, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. FROM CARD FOR STONE ADZE: "FROM A PIT ...

The inter-archipelago exchange of adzes after colonisation was not considered in the widely referred to culture historical Polynesian adze typology developed by New Zealand archaeologist, Roger Duff.

WAIKANAE, NEW ZEALAND—Stuff.co.nz reports that a Maori adze made of Nelson argillite was unearthed at a golf course construction site near the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Human remains ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. SMALL STONE, UNHAFTED ADZE USED IN ...

A stone adze estimated to be 600-years-old is among the historical artefacts found during the construction of the Tauranga Eastern Link (TEL) project and now on public display in Papamoa. The NZ ...