Ars Technica

These scientists built their own Stone Age tools to figure out how they were used

When Japanese scientists wanted to learn more about how ground stone tools dating back to the Early Upper Paleolithic might have been used, they decided to build their own replicas of adzes, axes, and ...
Yahoo

Hammer, chisel, stone: Limestone Symposium has tools to teach creativity in carving

With limestone, there's no sanding or polishing; the mark of the chisel is evident. At this year's Indiana Limestone Symposium at Bybee Stone Co. in Ellettsville, the stone you will carve, the tools ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Traditional stone carvers chisel on despite loss of quarries in village swallowed by Mexico City

XOCHIACA, MexicoXOCHIACA, Mexico — The sound of hammers and chisels striking stone rings out on most Sundays in the cemetery of ancient Xochiaca, a village swallowed up decades ago by the urban sprawl ...
insider.si.edu

Stone Chisel

A chisel is a hand tool with a characteristic wedge-shaped cutting edge at the end of its blade. A chisel is useful for carving or cutting hard material such as wood, stone, or metal. Stone chisels ...