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

LBA
(n=183)
General 2 nd
millennium
(n=7)
Single/flat ax = 123 (73.7%)
Ax-adze = 9 (4.9%)
Adze-hammer = 4 (2.2%)
Chisel = 68 (37.2%)
Chisel, socketed = 12 (6.6%)
Double adze = 11 (6%)
Double ax = 4 (2.2%)
Drill = 30 (16.4%)
Saw = 7 (3.8%)
Shaft-hole ax = 1 (0.5%)
Single adze = 4 (2.2%)
Single/flat ax = 26 (14.2%)
Trunnion/lugged adze = 2 (1.1%)
Trunnion/lugged ax = 6 (3.3%)
Chisel = 3 (42.9%)
Single/flat ax = 4 (57.1%)
Large - palatial or major urban center =122
Medium - secondary to palace = 26
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 25
Known only from stray finds site = 10
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 1
Known only from stray finds site = 6
Hoard = 56
Burial = 23
Settlement = 85
Sanctuary = 3
Workshop = 2
Unstratified, unknown = 14
Settlement = 1
Unstratified, unknown = 6
Figure 3.31e - Anatolia Carpentry/Masonry tools
Carpentry/masonry tool types: Distribution of tools by site size Tool distribution by context type
MBA Chisel = 49 (42.2%)
Large - palatial or major urban center =89 Hoard = 3
(n=116) Chisel, socketed = 9 (7.8%)
Medium - secondary to palace = 5
Burial = 5
Double ax = 1 (0.9%)
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 16 Settlement = 99
Drill = 5 (4.5%)
Known only from stray finds = 6
Workshop = 1
Saw = 2 (1.7%)
Shaft-hole adze = 1 (0.9%)
Shaft-hole ax = 18 (15.5%)
Single/flat ax = 11 (9.5%)
Trunnion/lugged ax = 20 (17.2%)
Unstratified/unknown = 8
LBA Ax-adze = 1 (0.3%)
Large - palatial or major urban center = 286 Hoard = 18
(n=337) Ax-hammer = 2 (0.6%)
Medium - secondary to palace = 24
Settlement = 292
Chisel = 213 (63.2%)
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 20 Workshop = 2
Chisel, socketed = 22 (6.5%)
Known only from stray finds = 7
Sanctuary = 18
Drill = 13 (3.9%)
Double ax = 9 (2.7%)
Hollow cylinder (drill?) = 3 (0.9%)
Saw = 1 (0.3%)
Unstratified, unknown = 7
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