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
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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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