Neolithic use of polished or ground stone tools, in contrast to the flaked stone tools used during the Paleolithic era. Neolithic people were skilled farmers, manufacturing a range of tools necessary for the tending, harvesting and processing of crops (such as sickle blades and grinding stones) and food production (e.g. pottery, bone implements). They were also skilled manufacturers of a range of other types of stone tools and ornaments, including projectile points, beads, and statuettes. But what allowed forest clearance on a large scale was the polished stone axe above all other tools. Together with the adze, fashioning wood for shelter,
In the Neolithic Age In the Neolithic Age "In the Neolithic Age" is a poem by the English writer Rudyard Kipling. It was published in the December 1892 issue of "The Idler" and in 1896 in his poetry collection "The Seven Seas". The poem is the source of the quotation: "There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, / And every single one of them is right." The poem was published in the December 1892 issue of the literary magazine "The Idler" as the introduction to Kipling's article "My First Book", with the title "Primum Tempus". Kipling experimented with a variety of