The introdution in Neolithic times of the polished stone axe-head,capable of producing large clean cuts,led to greater speed and precision in the in the clearing of woodland, and to its use on a ...

This small stone axehead ... how the axe came to be in this unusual location. It may be that the island stayed above sea level for a longer period than is thought or that axe heads were dropped ...

Lucy Harnden brought this polished stone axe head to BBC Guernsey's outside broadcast event at the Guernsey Museum. It was found by her great grandmother Eliza Henry about a hundred years ago in ...

In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...

The Ness of Brodgar is one of the largest and most important Neolithic excavations in Northern Europe, according to archaeologists. Two of the polished stone axes show damage from use. One of the ...