Middle and Late Bronze Age Metal Tools from the Aegean, Eastern ...

Ayia Triadha
+6 unknown
22 8 - - 7 chisels; 6 double axes; 3 saws; 2
double adzes; 2 pick-adzes; 1 hollow
Phaistos 21 17 - -
cylinder (tubular drill?)
10 double axes; 8 chisels; 2 drills; 1 ax-
+2 unknown
adze
Kommos 11 4 6 - 7 chisels; 3 saw-like blades; 1 double ax
Kalami 8 - 8 - 6 chisels; 2 drills
Psychro 8 1 - 1 3 chisels; 3 double axes; 1 double
hammer; 1 saw
Karphi 6 - - 6 2 chisels; 2 saws; 1 trunnion/ lugged ax;
1 drill
Olonte/Olous 6 - - 6 5 single/flat axes; 1 chisel
Pseira
+2 unknown
6 3 - - 3 double axes; 2 chisels; 1 saw
Tourloti
+3 unknown
5 - - - 5 double axes
Tylissos 4 1 - - 3 chisels; 1 saw
Vavari 4 4 - - 4 chisels
Zafer Papoura 3 - 3 - 2 chisels; 1 saw
Mouliana 3 - - 3 3 saws
Armenoi 2 - 2 - 1 double ax; 1 saw
Table 4.21: LM carpentry/masonry tool distribution by sites (sites with 1 tool are excluded)
Sites from the MH mainland cultural sphere:
Chisels, axes (both single and double forms) and a saw are the wood- and stone-
working tools from the MH period, although they are relatively scarce. Seven different
MH sites (including one from an Ionian island) have yielded carpentry/masonry tools,
and only Lefkas and Sesklo produced two or more kinds (Table 4.22). The Lefkas objects
come from a cemetery and some are suggestive of Cretan imports. Two distinctive
Minoan-like implements included an elongated chisel with a wide cutting edge and a
broad saw. 503
The meager MH distribution is starkly contrasted by the proliferation of
sites and their tools during the LBA.
MH site
Total carpentry/
masonry tools
Tool types
Lefkas 7 5 chisels; 1 drill or chisel; 1 saw
Sesklo 3 2 double axes; 1 chisel
Lerna 2 2 chisels
Malthi 1 1 chisel
Mitrou 1 1 single/flat ax
503 For the chisel, see: Deshayes 1960, entry 749; Tripathi 1988, 264 entry 266. For the saw, see: Deshayes,
1960, entry 2906; Branigan 1974, entry 708; Tripathi 1988 263 entry 250.
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