Danish Stone Age. Asymmetrical flake axe in flint. Middle Mesolithic period: 4500-3900 B.C.

Danish Stone Age. Asymmetrical flake axe in flint. Hunter Stone Age / Old Stone Age. Middle Mesolithic period: 4500-3900 B.C.

Provenance: Originates from old Danish antiquity collection.

Find site: Zealand/Funen.

Literature: FLINT from Denmark's past. By Peter Vang Petersen. Page 96-97.

Measurements approx. : 7,5x6x2 cm.

Condition: see pictures.

The Middle Mesolithic period lasted approximately 5400-3900 B.C. and was a hunter-gatherer culture, where people lived off hunting, fishing, and collecting. The flake axes are some of the period's characteristic tools. They were made from flint by striking a thin flake from a flint nodule and flaking it, so the edge became sharp. The flake axes were especially used to work wood, among other things to make boats, houses, and other tools. They were practical because they were relatively easy to produce and could be sharpened or replaced.