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Museum of Stone Tools

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The Museum of Stone Tools is an online, open-access resource for learning about stone tools from all over the world.

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In this video, watch as Samoan heritage artist Bruce David Faasavalu Soane uses a retouched basalt flake to grate coconut. youtube.com/watch?v=IOidOQ… #museumofstonetools #archaeology #stonetools #samoa


This video shows Samoan heritage artists Alatina Avamua Matamua and Galumalemana Steven Percival using coconut sennit cord, called ‘afa, to secure a stone adze to the wood handle. youtube.com/watch?v=woQ5B6… #museumofstonetools #archaeology #stonetools #samoa


In this video, watch as a stone pestle is used to process freshly-harvested cacao beans into Koko Samoa. youtube.com/watch?v=yCIQga… #museumofstonetools #archaeology #stonetools #samoa


This video shows Samoan heritage artists Alatina Avamua Matamua and Laufale Fa’anu demonstrating the traditional way of making coconut sennit string, called ‘afa: youtube.com/watch?v=6xi-nW… #museumofstonetools #archaeology #stonetools #samoa


Samoan heritage artist Alatina Avamua Matamua making a wood handle for a stone adze: youtube.com/watch?v=eDpIUz… The video was made at the Tiapapata Art Centre Inc. as part of the Rock~Scissors~Paper stone adze-making workshop. #museumofstonetools #archaeology #stonetools #samoa


This hafted stone axe is from southwest Queensland, Australia and dates to the late 19th or early 20th century. You can view the model and learn about Australian stone tools here: stonetoolsmuseum.com/.../hafted-sto… #archaeology #stonetools #museumofstonetools #NAIDOC2024


Today we travelled back to the village of Leone (American Samoa), and flaked this tough basalt into adze blanks. We think that this is the first time in ~200 years that Samoans were flaking stone at Tataga Matau. #NAW2024, #stonetools, #samoa, #archaeology,

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Today we flew to Tutuila Island in American Samoa and climbed to Tatata Matau basalt adze quarry, one of the most significant stone tool manufacturing sites in the Pacific. Here is one of the adze blanks we saw there. #NAW2024 #museumofstonetools #samoa #archaeology

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Day 1, adze making workshop in Samoa (the ~Rock~Paper~Scissors project)! The Australian contingent was welcomed at the Tiapapata Art Centre with palusami cooked in a traditional umu and stone adzes found at Malaefono, Upolu. #NAW2024 #museumofstonetools #samoa #archaeology

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This hafted stone macroblade knife is from Australia and dates to the early or middle 20th century. You can view the model and learn about Australian stone tools here: stonetoolsmuseum.com/artefact/austr… #archaeology #stonetools #museumofstonetools


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Fabulous archaeological context, showing the grave of a Chalcolithic person holding a dagger in their hand.


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Our Conference is half a day away! As a committee, we are incredibly excited to meet our attendees and speakers and see our lithic exhibits. There is still time to get a ticket if you are interested! You can buy yours here: eventbrite.com/e/lss-conferen… #Lithics #LSS2023 #Conference

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Our 400th 3D model was just uploaded into the Museum of Stone Tools! This Mesolithic flint tranchet axe is from Denmark, dating to ca. 8000-11,000 BP. Visit this artefact plus our other 399 models here: stonetoolsmuseum.com #stonetools #archaeology #mesolithic


This Kanawha Point is from the Early Archaic period in Indiana, ca. 7800-8300 BP. You can view the model and learn about Kanawha Points here: stonetoolsmuseum.com/.../nort.../ka… #archaeology #stonetools #museumofstonetools


This MacCorkle Point was made during the Early Archaic period in Ohio, ca. 8500-9000 BP. Visit the Museum of Stone Tools to see 3D models of stone tools from all over the World: stonetoolsmuseum.com #stonetools #flintknapping #archaeology #lithics #museumofstonetools


Barbed-and-tanged arrowhead from Ireland dating to the Bell Beaker period, ca. 4100-4500 BP. Visit the 3D model here and learn more about Bell Beaker arrowheads: stonetoolsmuseum.com/.../barbed-and… #arrowhead #neolithic #stonetools #archaeology #museumofstonetools


Stemmed scraper from the Jomon period in Japan, ca. 2500-5500 BP. Visit the 3D model here to learn more about Jomon stone tools: stonetoolsmuseum.com/.../stemmed-re… #Jomon #stonetools #museumofstonetools #archaeology


Aug 9 is UNESCO's International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. To celebrate Australian Indigenous traditional knowledge systems, here is a Pirri point of the Kokatha People. stonetoolsmuseum.com/regions/ #IndigenousPeoplesDay #stonetools #archaeology #museumofstonetools


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