Joly, N. (Nicolas), 1812-1885 · London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. · leaf 247
les andBOt^kets of axes, and lastly, hammers of stags horn. As soon as he knew liuvr to polish his hammers and 236 rRlMITIVE CIVILISATION. axes, man conceived the idea of drilling a hole for thehandle; but this idea was of late birth, and during thewhole of the neolithic age it was seldom put in… … FiG. 106. Stone drill from the Danish kitchen middens. (After Lubbock.) stant use, the striker and the polishing stone, the formerduring both the stone periods, the latter during the neo-lithic and following ages. The striker was formed of a very hard stone, quartz orgranite, never of gneiss or…
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