Smoother
The smoother is an elongated tool made of ivory , antler, or bone (ribs), with parallel edges and a convex side. It is often decorated and has a rounded end.
description
Smoothers have been used since the early Paleolithic to peel off skin and leather. They occur particularly frequently in the Upper Paleolithic ( Aurignacia ). The first straighteners made of bone material in Europe were developed by Neanderthals before the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic .
Glätter were found in the double grave of Oberkassel . Arrow shaft were paired for sanding wooden shafts used for use as arrow shafts and are an indirect indication of the use of arrow and bow as hunting weapons for at least 13,000 years. The unusual decoration with stylized female figures of the Gönnersdorf type is one of the rare cases of artistic work from this period.
From the Neolithic smoother found rare, examples are taken from the county grave system of Friebritz . In the late Neolithic and the Bronze Age , so-called semi-trailers with a rounded and smooth surface were found on which hides were treated with a flat, round smooth stone , which was also used later.
See also
literature
- Emil Hoffmann: Lexicon of the Stone Age . Beck: München 1999, 419 pp. ISBN 3-406-42125-3 (Beck'sche Reihe, 1325).
Single receipts
- ↑ Marie Soressi, Shannon P. McPherron, M. Lenoir, T. Dogandzic, P. Goldberg, Z. Jacobs, Y. Maigrot, NL Martisius, CE Miller, W. Rendu, M. Richards, MM Skinner, TE Steele, S Talamo, J.-P. Texier: Neanderthals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe . In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 110, No. 35, 2013, pp. 14186-90. doi : 10.1073 / pnas.1302730110 . PMID 23940333 .
