Stone hoe - Ishiguwa

…Farming tools [Ochi Toshiaki]
[Primitive/Ancient Hoe]
In the Mesolithic period in Europe, hoes made from deer antlers were used for digging soil and quarrying stones. Stone hoes were found in the painted pottery culture of Western Asia, the Yangshao culture of China, and the plain pottery culture of Korea, and what are called chipped stone axes from the Jomon period in Japan were probably used for collecting roots and roots and digging holes. In some areas of the Yayoi period, there were both chipped and ground stone hoes.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "stone guwa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…農具【応地 利明】
［原始･古代のくわ］
　ヨーロッパの中石器時代には鹿角製のくわがあり，土掘りや採石に使われた。西アジアの彩文土器文化，中国の仰韶文化，朝鮮の無文土器文化などに石ぐわがあり，日本で縄文時代の打製石斧と呼ぶものは根茎類の採集や穴掘りの用途が考えうる。弥生時代の一部の地域では打製と磨製の石ぐわがある。…

※「石ぐわ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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