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Tools and decorative objects of the Stone Age Index
The Lamp of Lascaux - Le Brûloir de Lascaux was found buried in the floor of the Shaft at Lascaux by l'Abbé Glory, and is a superb piece of workmanship. It is from the Magdalenian culture, 17 000 BP. It can be viewed in the National Prehistory Museum in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac. Shaped like a large spoon made of red sandstone, 8 3/4 inches long by 4 3/16 inches wide and 1 1/4 inches thick, the lamp is finely polished and symmetrical. Its shallow oval cup serves as a receptacle for fuel. The upper surface of the handle is decorated with two abstract signs of chevrons fitted into each other, such as are found painted or engraved in various parts of the cave. When the lamp was discovered, it still contained sooty substances grouped in a circle at the bottom of the cup. These particles were tested and determined to be the remains of a juniper wick used for ignition.
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Kimberley Points - superbly made tools from the north of Australia |
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Making Flint Tools |
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Heat treatment of flint and other microcrystalline quartz |
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Footwear |
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Everything you wanted to know about the Dordogne Harpoons and were afraid to ask..... |
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Musical Instruments |
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Nets and Skis |
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Numeracy in the Stone Age |
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Various other tools used in the Stone Age. |
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Decorative objects used in the Stone Age. |
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Bronze Age 'sky disc' deciphered |