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Photograph showing a hammerstone made on quartzite. The pitted surface at one end shows where the hammer was brought in contact with the core.
Photograph of a hammer stone

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Author: Peter Hiscock, Dept. Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University.
Feedback: peter.hiscock@anu.edu.au.

Date Last Modified: Thursday, 1-May-97

URL: http://artalpha.anu.edu.au/web/arc/resources/intro/hammer.htm