Getting familiar and collection basic information on the use of reconstructed Linear Pottery Culture (LBK, 5600 to 5000 BC) stone blades shafted in adze handles were the main focus of the first experiment. Due to numerous tool failures, only one of three planned oaks could be felled, then split with antlers and wooden wedges and further processed with bone chisels.
This experiment revealed numerous possibilities for optimizing the tools, especially with regard to the selection of shaft woods and bindings - and not least the handling of the tools. For example, felling notches were created over far too large an area, which meant that an unnecessarily large amount of material had to be removed and working time invested.
The success of this first experiment was that the participants were able to familiarize themselves with the handling of the tools, which were unfamiliar to som of them, localize weak points and work out possible improvements for future experiments.
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