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" After having chosen a stone, the first step was to reduce it by blows with a hammer to a suitable size. Then grooves were made artificially, which must have been a very tedious and difficult operation, when flint knives, sand, and water were the only... "
The Natural History Review - Page 33
1862
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The American Journal of Science and Arts

1862 - 960 pages
...were surprisingly small, especially when compared with the magnificent specimens from Denmark ; iu length they varied from six inches down even as low...the only available instruments. Having carried the gooves to the required depths, the projecting portions were removed by a skillful blow with a hammer,...
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Pre-historic Times: As Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and ...

Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1865 - 560 pages
...the larger settlements were evidently manufacturing places, and many spoilt pieces and half-finished specimens have been found. The process of manufacture...and difficult operation, when flint knives, sand, and water were the only available instruments. Having carried the grooves to the required depths, the...
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Pre-historic Times: As Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and ...

Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1865 - 556 pages
...pieces and half-finished specimens have been found. The process of manufacture is thus described by If. Troyon : After having chosen a stone, the first step...and difficult operation, when flint knives, sand, and water were the only available instruments. Having carried the grooves to the required depths, the...
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Pre-historic Times: As Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and ...

Sir John Lubbock - Archaeology - 1878 - 708 pages
...evidently manufacturing places, and many spoilt pieces and half-finished specimens have been found. After having chosen a stone, the first step was to...been a very tedious and difficult operation, when fliut knives, sand, and water were the only available instruments. Having carried the grooves to the...
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Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans: the Results of ..., Volume 1

Heinrich Schliemann - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1880 - 892 pages
...The manner in which these axes were made is described in a masterly way by Sir John Lubbock :2 — "After having chosen a stone, the first step was to...and difficult operation, when flint knives, sand, and water were the only available instruments. Having carried the grooves to the required depth, the...
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Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans : the Results of Researches and ...

Heinrich Schliemann - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1880 - 880 pages
...lines. The manner in which these axes were made is de-scribed in a masterly way by Sir John Lubbock : 2 —"After having chosen a stone, the first step was...and difficult operation, when flint knives, sand, and water were the only available instruments. Having carried the grooves to the required depth, the...
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Pre-historic Times: As Illustrated by Ancient Remains and the Manners and ...

Sir John Lubbock - Archaeology - 1892 - 688 pages
...American Naturalist, vol. i vp 18. See, for instance, Anderson's Mis196 SAWS. SPINDLE-WHORLS. FLAKES. the first step was to reduce it by blows with a hammer...and difficult operation, when flint knives, sand, and water were the only available instruments. Having carried the grooves to the required depth, the...
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The American Journal of Science and Arts

1862 - 962 pages
...earliest period consists of hammers, axes, knives, saws, lance heads, arrow heads, corn crush* ers, and polishing blocks. Some of the hammers were made of...the only available instruments. Having carried the gooves to the required depths, the projecting portions were removed by a skillful blow with a hammer,...
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