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

Single/flat ax (n=370) 185 (40.7%) 133 (9.2%) 52 (15.3%)
Trunnion/lugged adze (n=6) 0 6 (0.4%) 0
Trunnion/lugged ax (n=99) 23 (5.1%) 59 (4.1%) 17 (5%)
Wedge or ax, socketed (n=3) 2 (0.1%) 1 (0.3%)
Summary of the combination tools 28 (6.2% of MBA
331 (22.9% of LBA C/M tools) 93 (27.4% of general 2
(n=460) (double axes, double adzes, ax- C/M tools)
adzes, ax-hammers, hammer-adzes, pickadzes)
+8 EBA-MBA
nd
millennium C/M tools)
Figure 3.31a - Crete Carpentry/Masonry tools 8
Carpentry/masonry tool types: Distribution of tools by site size Tool distribution by context type
MBA Adze-hammer = 1 (1.4%)
Large - palatial or major urban center =37 Hoard = 16
(n=71) Ax-adze = 3 (4.2%)
Medium - secondary to palace = 20
Burial = 19
Chisel = 17 (23.9%)
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 9
Settlement = 25
Double ax = 18 (25.4%)
Known only from stray finds = 5
Workshop = 5
Drill = 4 (5.6%)
Sanctuary = 2
Hollow cylinder (drill?) = 1 (1.4%)
Saw = 13 (18.3%) +2 EBA-MBA
Shaft-hole adze = 1 (1.4%)
Shaft-hole ax = 11 (15.5%)
Single/flat ax = 1 (1.4%)
Trunnion/lugged ax =1 (1.4%)
Unstratified, unknown = 4
LBA Ax-adze = 6 (1.6%)
Large - palatial or major urban center = 154 Hoard = 62
(n=379) Ax-hammer= 1 (0.3%)
Medium - secondary to palace= 130
Burial = 25
Chisel = 121 (31.9%)
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 71
Settlement = 208
Chisel, socketed = 1 (0.3%)
Known only from stray finds = 24
Workshop = 23
Double adze = 13 (3.4%)
Sanctuary = 16
Double ax = 136 (35.9%)
Drill = 14 (3.7%)
Hollow cylinder (drill?) = 8 (2.1%)
Pick-adze = 5 (1.3%)
Saw = 57 (15%)
Single/flat adze = 2 (0.5%)
Single/flat ax = 11 (2.9%)
Unstratified, unknown = 45
8 Percentages in Figures 4.31a-f reflect the proportion of that tool type within the carpentry/ masonry tool assemblage by region and time period.
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