Many objects have survived from the Neolithic period which can be associated with agriculture. They include axes, ploughshares, sickles, querns and pots for cooking, storage and eating.
Stone ploughshare
This stone ploughshare from Londonderry, Northern Ireland, would have been attached to a simple wooden plough called an ard.
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A flint sickle from Denmark, late Neolithic.
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Saddle quern from Abu Hureyra in Syria, 9500 – 9000 BC.
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A pottery bowl from Hedsor, Buckinghamshire, 3300 – 2700 BC.
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A pottery bowl from Hedsor, Buckinghamshire, 3300 – 2700 BC.
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A polished stone axe from Northern Ireland.
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