Neolithic stone axe
Stone axe used to mine variscite between 4200 and 3400 BCE (Neolithic period) in Gava Mines, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Variscite is a semi-precious green mineral which was used to make jewellery and was traded across the Western Mediterranean.
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Photo credit: © MARCO ANSALONI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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