Many believe that the origins of agriculture began in the Neolithic era, thus claiming it as "The Neolithic Revolution". However, the origins of agriculture was gradual and began in many different areas at different times. Depicted below are some interesting artifacts that were used by cultivators and agriculturalists during the Neolithic era.
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| An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. Neolithic stone implements are by definition polished and, except for specialty items, not chipped. |
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| A Cucuteni-Trypillian culture deer antler plough. |
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| Food and cooking items retrieved at a European Neolithic site: millstones, charred bread, grains and small apples, a clay cooking pot, and containers made of antlers and wood. |
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| Polished Neolithic jadeitite axe from the Museum of Toulouse. |
From Wikipedia: "During the Neolithic period, large axes were made from flint
nodules by chipping a rough shape, a so-called "rough-out". Such
products were traded across a wide area. The rough-outs were then polished to
give the surface a fine finish to create the axe head. Polishing not only
increased the final strength of the product but also meant that the head could
penetrate wood more easily.
Such axe heads were needed in large numbers for forest
clearance and the establishment of settlements and farmsteads, a characteristic
of the Neolithic period. There were many sources of supply, including Grimes
Graves in Suffolk, Cissbury in Sussex and Spiennes near Mons in Belgium to
mention but a few. In Britain, there were numerous small quarries in downland
areas where flint was removed for local use, for example."
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