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Archaeology News :verified:<p>Rare Dacian stonemason’s tool kit unearthed in Romanian quarry</p><p>An amazing archaeological discovery in Romania is throwing new light on the advanced stoneworking skills of the Dacians, an ancient civilization that thrived in the Carpathian region prior to the Roman conquest...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/dacian-stonemasons-tool-kit-unearthed-in-romania/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/05/dac</span><span class="invisible">ian-stonemasons-tool-kit-unearthed-in-romania/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeologynews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dacian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dacian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dacians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dacians</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ancienttools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ancienttools</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthal</span></a> glue points to complex thinking</p><p>The stone tools were unearthed around 1910 at a French archaeological site called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeMoustier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeMoustier</span></a> that scientists believe Neanderthals used between 120,000 and 40,000 years ago. Since the 1960s, the tools had been untouched and individually wrapped at the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Berlin.</p><p>By Katie Hunt, CNN <br>Published Feb 26, 2024</p><p>"The researchers were initially surprised to find traces of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ocher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocher</span></a>, as it reduces the stickiness of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bitumen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitumen</span></a>. However, when they made their own version of the glue, using bitumen from a bituminous lake in the France’s Massif Central and ocher from Italy, the reason became clear.</p><p>"Their study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that the makers of the stone tools used the adhesive to mold a handle rather than haft the tool to wood.</p><p>"'The bitumen there is very sticky and makes everything on you unusable if it touches the bitumen. Everything on you is sticky with black stains and it smells. But if you mix in high ochre loads, what you get is a viscous mass that can actually be touched and used as handles,' Schmidt said via email."</p><p><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/neanderthal-glue-points-to-complex-thinking/1625440" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/weather-new</span><span class="invisible">s/neanderthal-glue-points-to-complex-thinking/1625440</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientTools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncientTools</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a></p>