Oval rock ax

The oval rock ax is a Neolithic stone tool for cutting trees and working wood. It is usually pointed with a bulging profile. The cross-section is highly oval in name. The raw material used was dependent on the occurrence at the production site and consists for example of hornblende slate , Widaer slate , amphibolite or nephrite .

In the Hunsrück , oval rock axes were made from indigenous Devonian quartzite , which were shaped by picking and sometimes by polishing. The surface can be completely or only partially polished. Most of these stone tools can be found in the inventory of the Michelsberg culture .