Pre-historic times: as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages (1900)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · London, Edinburgh [etc.] : Williams and Norgate · leaf 565
rst dis-covered were made ofstone, bone, shell, orwood. Of metal theyhad no idea. When theyfirst obtained nails, theymistook them for theyoung shoots of somevery hard wood, and,hoping that life mightnot be quite extinct,planted a number ofthem carefully in theirgardens.* In a very short… … Stone Axe with Wooden Handle. * Ellisp 298. Polynesian Researches, + Voyage to tlie Pacific Ocean,vol. ii. p. 137. IMPLEMENTS. 451 a. g 0 ; and achisel of boneor stone is notto be seen.The stone axes,or rather adzes,were of varioussizes; those in-tended for cut-ting down treesweighed six orseven…
Archaeology · Primitive societies
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