Why couldn’t they just have tied a stick to the axe? Is it just a handaxe because people didn’t do real axes yet, or another reason? Seems occam’s razor that if you can’t hold it it wasn’t held like that.
These things are large and heavy (don’t forget that this is solid stone, not metal):
Sure, you can attach a handle to it, but for what purpose? Do you want to chop something with it repeatedly? Then your arms will very quickly become very tired from repeatedly lifting those things.
What I’m describing are tasks that don’t require chopping, but cutting. Modern meat proceessing still uses knives for that, not axes or something
Why couldn’t they just have tied a stick to the axe? Is it just a handaxe because people didn’t do real axes yet, or another reason? Seems occam’s razor that if you can’t hold it it wasn’t held like that.
These things are large and heavy (don’t forget that this is solid stone, not metal):
Sure, you can attach a handle to it, but for what purpose? Do you want to chop something with it repeatedly? Then your arms will very quickly become very tired from repeatedly lifting those things.
What I’m describing are tasks that don’t require chopping, but cutting. Modern meat proceessing still uses knives for that, not axes or something
I see – probably the bone breaker!