The Tankwa Tools

The book features stories about four stone artefacts, which can be viewed in 3D and downloaded here, thanks to the Museum of Stone Tools.

At the end of the book there is a section with information on the topics in science and archaeology covered in the story, with detailed explanations of each of these artefacts.

Pieces of the Past

A Nubian Levallois core and (broken) point that refit, made of chert.

The Point for the Hunt

A unifacially retouched point made of hornfels

The Point that was Beautiful

A unifacially retouched point made of silcrete

The Point that was Lost

A Nubian Levallois core made of hornfels

There will be updates to the information accompanying each tool on the Museum of Stone Tools website and we will share updated photogrammetric models (in colour) once we’ve popped back to the site in August!