23rd January 2009, 05:44 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Oxbeast
I was in the Historical Museum in Stockholm the other month, and there were more polished Stone axes than you could shake a stick at, including one which was an adze at one end and an elk head at the other. It was opposite a cabinet illustrating the principle of typology with examples of brushes from all over Sweden. Some of these axe heads were massive, 0.15m wide and 0.5 m long.
Ploughshares: sounds like an early and out of date interpretation. Most of the cord rig/lazy bedding that I've seen looks to be spade dug.
Hmmm, surprising what a variety of information you can get off a BAJR!
I was worried I was missing some new theory about stone axes being ploughshares, but it was Antiques Roadshow after all, not Time Team (oh my aching sides!).