Mézy-Moulins sharpening grooves

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Mézy-Moulins sharpening grooves

The grooves of Mézy-Moulins ( French Polissoir situé à Mézy-Moulins ) are located on the heights of the Bois-des-Grès, east of Moulins in the municipality of Mézy-Moulins in the canton of Essômes-sur-Marne in the extreme south of the Aisne department in France .

description

The Mézy-Moulins sharpening grooves are located in a sandstone block that is around 2.0 m wide and long and 70 cm high . It has various V-shaped grooves and bowls that were used to grind Neolithic stone tools.

The monument has been classified as a Monument historique since 1969 .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Polissoir in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

literature

  • Gabriel de Mortillet: Inventaire des polissoirs neolithiques de France. Bar-sur-Seine 1927.

Web links

Commons : Wetzrillen by Mézy-Moulins  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 26.5 ″  N , 3 ° 31 ′ 48.1 ″  E