Ga-Mohana - Stone Tools

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The ancestors that used Ga-Mohana Hill 105,000-years-ago made and used stone tools for their day-to-day activities. Stone tools have very sharp edges and function well for hunting and butchering, processing foraged plant foods, and scraping hides to make leather.

Tools like these shown here (called “blades” for 2 on left and “points” for 2 on right) require special know-how and skill to make. The special strategies to make these kinds of tools were probably passed down across multiple generations.

Some types of stone are better for making stone tools than others. There are very good quality stone types at and around Ga-Mohana Hill, which may have been one of the reasons that people chose to stay in the shelters here.

Ga-Mohana – Blade, plotted find number 13968, lot 157 Ga-Mohana – Blade, plotted find number 13967, lot 157 Ga-Mohana – Point with residue, plotted find number 2198, lot 152 Ga-Mohana – Point, plotted find number 2035, lot 146

Created with Reality Capture. Nikon D5300, 105mm Macro lens.