Canaanean blade
A Canaanean blade is an
arrowheads. The same technology was used during the later Chalcolithic period in the production of broad sickle blade elements for harvesting of crops.[1] Canaanean blades were also used in the threshing of cereal grains. This indicates the presence of early agricultural technologies. The blades would be attached to a small wooden platform with bitumen. The platform, with a human or other weight standing on it, was then pulled behind an animal across a threshing floor.[2]
The forward motion of the animal paired with the downward force of weight exerted through the blades served to cut grain into small pieces.
References
- ^ Lorraine Copeland; P. Wescombe (1965). Inventory of Stone-Age sites in Lebanon, p. 48, 146 & Figure XVII, p. 163. Imprimerie Catholique. Retrieved 21 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Tools, Techniques and Tablets: Retracing Ancient Agricultural Heritage". www.archaeologychannel.org. Retrieved 2017-03-13.