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| Here are the two nicest most complete axes I've found. Both have been dinged by a plow. Axes like these were made from sedimentary or metamorphic material that could not be flaked. It was learned that very useful tools could be made by a method called pecking and grinding. These are late archaic, 4000 to 2000 bc. |
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| The two axes on either side are examples of NJ axes with really nice form. The one in the middle (axe found 4/28/07), is much wider in profile on one side than the other. The two on either side were bought out of NJ collections and I wanted to show the contrast. |
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| The one on the left came from the same guy as the pecked and ground axe out of the Trenton area. It is double grooved. Just got the little one on top from a friend of mine the other day and the bottom one came from the same guy a while back . Both are from Monmouth County, NJ. |
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| First one is a personal find. Can't see the groove in the pic but it's there. 2nd is full groove and sort of different, from the Cream Ridge area. Third was dredged up off the coast and came from a clamer. Primitive axe or celt. |
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| Actually, 3 celts. First one is nicely polished, from North Jersey. 2nd has been pecked out and not polished, except for the bit, out of a local collection. 3rd is heavily polished out of NY State. |
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| 1st is a pole celt out of Pa. 2nd is broken, nice material, from North Jersey. 3rd is a beautifully polished small axe out of NY State. |
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