April 23, 2024
PRE-HISTORIC NATIVE AMERICAN HAND CRAFTED ADZ former MUSEUM CURATOR COLLECTION
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Offerred here is a pre-historic Native American adz compound stone tool. This hand crafted pre-historic tool is composed of antler , flint knapped stone , a leather breech all bound together by animal sinew. Compound stone tools like this were used as a chisel to work wood or to break up soil prior to planting, much like a hoe is used for soil preparation. Pre-historic compound tools are constructed from a combination of materials, in this case an antler was used as a handle to which a leather piece was used to secure a knapped lithic piece, all of which was held together by use of a cord or animal sinew bound together by various types of glue. This pre-historic adz belonged to a Wisconsin museum curator , who recovered it on private land adjacent to the Aztalan State Park near Lake Mills, Wisconsin sometime in the 1930s. The artifact was recovered legally and was not found on federal, state or public land. Aztalan was occuppied by the ancient Middle Mississippian culture that flourished during the 10th through 13th centuries in Wisconsin. Known as part of the mound building cultures, the Aztalan inhabitants, built settlements secured by stockades. They built houses, practiced agriculture and were involved with trade that extended as far as the gulf coast. This pre-historic compound tool adz was purchased from the curator's estate
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