Danish Mesolithic Period Bone Axe or Hammer bonehammer noken served multiple utilitarian purposes:

noken served multiple utilitarian purposes: carrying agricultural produce

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Danish Mesolithic Period Bone Axe or Hammer bonehammer noken served multiple utilitarian purposes:Erteblle Culture, c. 54003950 BC, Denmark An exceptional and exceedingly rare bone axe or hammer, recovered from Denmarks ancient peat bogs. Crafted from the solid metacarpal bone of a red deer, this robust tool fragment features a drilled socket at one end, once fitted with a sharp flint core axe bladetransforming it into a powerful composite weapon or woodworking implement. This remarkable artifact dates to the Erteblle culture, a Mesolithic society