In archaeology, a celt / ˈsɛlt / is a long, thin, prehistoric, stone or bronze tool similar to an adze, hoe, or axe. A shoe-last celt was a polished stone tool used during the early European …

Celt, characteristic New Stone Age tool, a polished stone ax or adz head designed for attachment to a wooden shaft and probably mainly used for felling trees or shaping wood. Great numbers …

Axes without grooves are called ‘celts’ by North American researchers. Celts were inserted into a hole in a wood handle, and they wedged tightly into the hole with use.

For the Virginia Indians, producing a celt was a labor-intensive and time-consuming task. The base material was shaped into its final form by pecking and grinding with a rock that was …

Oct 28, 2021 · The celt, which is a stone shaped to a taper at one end with no groove, replaced the grooved axe during the Woodland period. Also used to help fell trees and process wood …

While the axe underwent changes through time toward the discontinuation of the groove, the change was not complete until some time during the Woodland period, when the grooved, …

Celts are a form of stone or metal axe blade produced in a variety of shapes. They typically lack the notched or indented haft elements found on many other kinds of axe blades, but are …

Many of the tools used by Woodland people would have been familiar to their Archaic ancestors. Wood-working tools, grinding stones, and tools for hide scraping had been used by Native …

In archaeology, a celt / ˈsɛlt / is a long, thin, prehistoric, stone or bronze tool similar to an adze, hoe, or axe. A shoe-last celt was a polished stone tool used during the early European …

Celt (pronounced /IPA|sɛlt/) is an archaeological term used to describe long thin prehistoric stone or bronze adzes, other axe like tools, and hoes. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the …