The wooden tools in Greek prehistory : Signs of an early technological development
Part of : Mediterranean archaeology & archaeometry : international journal ; Vol.4, No.2, 2004, pages 93-107
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Reconstructing Prehistoric artifacts from the Paleolithic period enables us to recognize thegenesis of systematically applying knowledge to primitive practical tasks. Despite the aforesaid, thereal evolution of tools' technology took place during the Bronze Age. Except for the axe, the adzeaxeand the hammer, familiar instruments in all the craft domains, there were tools of an advancedtechnology, among them the ruler and the level, evidence of early mathematical thought. Thesetools, made of wood and raw materials, have not been preserved due to the climatic conditions ofGreece. Knowledge of said tools has come, however, from other sources namely the Minoanhieroglyphs and their Egyptian parallels occasionally depicted on wall paintings. We are able torecognize amongst them combined instruments like the plane and the compass. Today thecomparative study of scripts and ideograms coming from different civilizations: Greek, Hittite,Sumerian, Egyptian and Hindu and their preserved stone, bone, wood and metal artifacts permit usto study influences between them.
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Implements, Crete, Balkans, Egypt, Daedalus, Phaistos' Disc, wooden, technology
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