Neolithic Pick

Object

Flint tool

Production date

4000 BC - 2200 BC

Object number

1991.688

Physical Description

Flint, parallel edges, yellow and black.

Object history

Greenhill collection 13 - 'Rough flint Celt' - Lea Valley

Associated Person

Joseph Exhall Greenhill (Archaeologist)

Associated Place

Lea Valley (Place)

Dimension

Length: 190mm
Width: 50mm
Depth: 25mm

Exhibition Label

From the exhibition ‘Hackney 300,000 BC: Meet the Neanderthal neighbours and curious creatures of the borough's Old Stone Age’

New Age, New Technology

Ground working tools, such as this pick, helped people in the New Stone Age prepare land for growing crops.