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vlz
on May 21, 2022
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Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimate...
You would need a rock that is harder than the rock you carve into. Possibly a „Hand axe“ made from flint would suffice:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_axe
7thaccount
on May 21, 2022
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Flint chips very easily though. I always assumed it was more for cutting meat. I guess I could see a really thick "hand axe" being used for very primitive wood carving.
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