<p>The Yueshi Culture is an archaeological Culture of the Bronze Age in the Haidai region. As one of the representative artifacts of the Yueshi Culture, the grooved-shaped stone axe has long been regarded by the academia as an agricultural production tool or weapon. Through sorting and comparison of the grooved-shaped stone axes (hammers) and mining-related remains in the Yueshi Culture, this paper finds that their shapes and macroscopic damages are similar to those of the grooved-shaped stone hammers, which are specialized mining tools. It is believed that the grooved-shaped stone axes are closely related to mining activities, providing new materials for the study of the technological chain of the bronze casting industry in the Yueshi Culture.</p>

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Preliminary exploration of the function of the grooved-shaped stone axe (hammer) of the Yueshi culture

  • Jianli Fu,
  • Qi Fang,
  • Tianxing Cui

摘要

The Yueshi Culture is an archaeological Culture of the Bronze Age in the Haidai region. As one of the representative artifacts of the Yueshi Culture, the grooved-shaped stone axe has long been regarded by the academia as an agricultural production tool or weapon. Through sorting and comparison of the grooved-shaped stone axes (hammers) and mining-related remains in the Yueshi Culture, this paper finds that their shapes and macroscopic damages are similar to those of the grooved-shaped stone hammers, which are specialized mining tools. It is believed that the grooved-shaped stone axes are closely related to mining activities, providing new materials for the study of the technological chain of the bronze casting industry in the Yueshi Culture.