Stone Tools

Explore prehistoric stone tools with interactive 3D models spanning 3.3 million years of human technology. Browse by tool type, region, material, or museum. Data sourced from the Museum of Stone Tools (MoST) collection. Museum display locations are cross-referenced with ASI site museums and major institutions.

Showing 69 of 69 stone tools

HandaxesAfrica

Acheulean Handaxe

Olduvai Gorge, TanzaniaMiddle Pleistocene (400,000–600,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: British Museum, London; National Museum of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

HandaxesEurope

Acheulean Handaxe

Cagny, FranceMiddle Pleistocene (300,000–500,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: Musée d'Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

HandaxesEurope

Acheulean Handaxe

Broom, EnglandMiddle Pleistocene (301,000–334,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

HandaxesAfrica

Acheulean Cleaver

Morocco, North AfricaEarly Pleistocene (170,000–1,700,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: Musée d'Archéologie, Rabat, Morocco

HandaxesEurope

Acheulean Handaxe

Swanscombe, EnglandMiddle Pleistocene (~400,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: Natural History Museum, London

HandaxesEurope

Acheulean Handaxe with Shell Fossil

FranceMiddle PleistoceneFlint

Displayed at: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

HandaxesEurope

Acheulean Handaxe

St Acheul, FranceMiddle PleistoceneFlint

Displayed at: Musée de Picardie, Amiens; British Museum, London

HandaxesEurope

Acheulean Handaxe, 'S-twist'

EnglandMiddle PleistoceneFlint

Displayed at: Manchester Museum, University of Manchester

HandaxesSouth Asia

Acheulean Handaxe

Attirampakkam, Tamil Nadu, IndiaMiddle Pleistocene (~385,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: Government Museum, Chennai (Fort St. George Museum — ASI); National Museum, New Delhi

HandaxesSouth Asia

Acheulean Handaxe

Isampur, Karnataka, IndiaMiddle Pleistocene (~350,000 BP)Limestone

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Hampi (Kamlapur) — ASI; Deccan College Museum, Pune

HandaxesSouth Asia

Acheulean Handaxe

Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaLower Paleolithic (~300,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal; State Museum, Bhopal

HandaxesSouth Asia

Acheulean Handaxe

Hunsgi-Baichbal Valley, Karnataka, IndiaMiddle Pleistocene (~400,000 BP)Limestone

Displayed at: Deccan College Museum, Pune; Archaeological Museum, Hampi (Kamlapur) — ASI

HandaxesWest Asia

Acheulean Handaxe

United Arab EmiratesMiddle PleistoceneQuartzite

Displayed at: Sharjah Archaeology Museum, UAE

HandaxesSouth Asia

Madras Handaxe (Pallavaram type)

Pallavaram, Chennai, IndiaLower Paleolithic (~500,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: Government Museum, Chennai (Fort St. George Museum — ASI); British Museum, London

HandaxesSouth Asia

Acheulean Handaxe

Didwana, Rajasthan, IndiaMiddle Pleistocene (~300,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Kalibangan — ASI; Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur

Cores & FlakesAfrica

Oldowan Chopping Tool

East AfricaEarly Pleistocene (~2.6 million BP)Basalt

Displayed at: National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa; British Museum, London

Cores & FlakesEurope

Levallois Core

Levallois-Perret, FranceMiddle Pleistocene (~300,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: Musée d'Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye; British Museum, London

Cores & FlakesSouth Asia

Soanian Chopper

Soan River Valley, Pakistan/IndiaEarly Pleistocene (~500,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Ropar (Rupnagar) — ASI; Lahore Museum, Pakistan

Cores & FlakesEast Asia

Chopping Tool

Zhoukoudian, ChinaMiddle Pleistocene (~500,000 BP)Quartz

Displayed at: Zhoukoudian Museum, Beijing; Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology, Beijing

Cores & FlakesSouth Asia

Middle Palaeolithic Flake

Nevasa, Maharashtra, IndiaMiddle Pleistocene (~150,000 BP)Chalcedony

Displayed at: Deccan College Museum, Pune; Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai

Cores & FlakesSouth Asia

Chopper (16R Dune Site)

16R Dune, Rajasthan, IndiaLower Paleolithic (~200,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Kalibangan — ASI; Deccan College Museum, Pune

Cores & FlakesSouth Asia

Levallois Flake

Narmada Valley, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaMiddle Pleistocene (~250,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Gwalior Fort — ASI; Allahabad Museum

Axes & AdzesAustralia

Edge-Ground Axe

Northern AustraliaPleistocene (>40,000 BP)Metamorphic stone

Displayed at: Australian Museum, Sydney; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin

Axes & AdzesNew Guinea

Polished Stone Axe

New GuineaHolocene (~5,000 BP)Greenstone

Displayed at: Papua New Guinea National Museum, Port Moresby

Axes & AdzesSouth Asia

Neolithic Celt (Polished Stone Axe)

Burzahom, Kashmir, IndiaNeolithic (~3,000 BCE)Basalt

Displayed at: SPS Museum, Srinagar; National Museum, New Delhi

Axes & AdzesSouth Asia

Neolithic Ground Stone Axe

Bellary District, Karnataka, IndiaNeolithic (~2,500 BCE)Dolerite

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Hampi (Kamlapur) — ASI; Karnataka State Museum, Bangalore

Axes & AdzesSouth Asia

Neolithic Polished Axe

Mehrgarh, BalochistanNeolithic (~7,000 BCE)Basalt

Displayed at: National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi; Musée Guimet, Paris

Axes & AdzesOceania

Adze Flake

PolynesiaLate Holocene (~1,000 BP)Basalt

Displayed at: Bishop Museum, Honolulu; Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

Spear & Dart PointsNorth America

Clovis Point

New Mexico, USALate Pleistocene (~13,000 BP)Chert

Displayed at: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC; Blackwater Draw Museum, NM

Spear & Dart PointsNorth America

Folsom Point

Colorado, USALate Pleistocene (~12,500 BP)Chert

Displayed at: Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Smithsonian, Washington DC

Spear & Dart PointsSouth America

Fishtail Point

Patagonia, ArgentinaLate Pleistocene (~11,000 BP)Obsidian

Displayed at: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires

Spear & Dart PointsAfrica

Aterian Tanged Point

North Africa (Sahara)Middle Stone Age (~80,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: Musée National du Bardo, Algiers; British Museum, London

Spear & Dart PointsEurope

Solutrean Laurel-Leaf Point

Solutré, FranceUpper Paleolithic (~20,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: Musée de Solutré, France; Musée d'Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Knives & DaggersEurope

Flint Knife

DenmarkNeolithic (~3,500 BP)Flint

Displayed at: National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen

Knives & DaggersAfrica

Predynastic Egyptian Knife

Gebel el-Arak, EgyptPredynastic (~3,300 BCE)Flint

Displayed at: Louvre Museum, Paris

Knives & DaggersSouth Asia

Neolithic Knife Blade

Nal, BalochistanChalcolithic (~3,000 BCE)Chert

Displayed at: National Museum, New Delhi; Archaeological Museum, Dholavira — ASI

Blades & Blade CoresNorth America

Prismatic Blade Core

MesoamericaLate Holocene (~2,000 BP)Obsidian

Displayed at: Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City

Blades & Blade CoresSouth Asia

Harappan Blade

Dholavira, Gujarat, IndiaBronze Age (~2,500 BCE)Chert

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Dholavira — ASI; National Museum, New Delhi; Lothal Museum, Gujarat

Blades & Blade CoresSouth Asia

Chert Blade (Indus Valley)

Lothal, Gujarat, IndiaBronze Age (~2,400 BCE)Chert

Displayed at: Lothal Archaeological Museum (ASI site); National Museum, New Delhi

Blades & Blade CoresEurope

Aurignacian Blade

Aurignac, FranceUpper Paleolithic (~35,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: Musée d'Aurignac; Musée de l'Homme, Paris

ArrowheadsAfrica

Barbed Arrowhead

Saharan AfricaNeolithic (~7,000 BP)Chert

Displayed at: British Museum, London; Egyptian Museum, Cairo

ArrowheadsEurope

Serrated Arrowhead

EnglandNeolithic (~4,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: British Museum, London; Salisbury Museum

ArrowheadsSouth Asia

Mesolithic Arrowhead

Sarai Nahar Rai, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaMesolithic (~8,000 BCE)Chert

Displayed at: Allahabad Museum; Archaeological Museum, Sarnath — ASI

ArrowheadsSouth Asia

Mesolithic Arrowhead

Adamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaMesolithic (~5,000 BCE)Chalcedony

Displayed at: State Museum, Bhopal; Archaeological Museum, Sanchi — ASI

Retouched FlakesEurope

Side Scraper (Mousterian)

FranceMiddle Paleolithic (~70,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: Musée de l'Homme, Paris; Natural History Museum, London

Retouched FlakesIsland Southeast Asia

Flake Tool

Flores, IndonesiaMiddle Pleistocene (~800,000 BP)Chert

Displayed at: National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta; Liang Bua Museum, Flores

Retouched FlakesSouth Asia

Upper Palaeolithic Scraper

Kurnool Caves, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaUpper Paleolithic (~30,000 BP)Quartzite

Displayed at: Government Museum, Chennai; Archaeological Museum, Nagarjunakonda — ASI

Retouched FlakesSouth Asia

Upper Palaeolithic Backed Blade

Patne, Maharashtra, IndiaUpper Paleolithic (~25,000 BP)Chalcedony

Displayed at: Deccan College Museum, Pune

Grinding StonesAustralia

Grinding Stone (Muller & Base)

Central AustraliaHolocene (~30,000 BP)Sandstone

Displayed at: South Australian Museum, Adelaide; Australian Museum, Sydney

Grinding StonesWest Asia

Natufian Grinding Stone

Levant (Israel/Palestine)Epipaleolithic (~12,000 BP)Basalt

Displayed at: Israel Museum, Jerusalem; British Museum, London

Grinding StonesSouth Asia

Harappan Grinding Quern

Harappa, PunjabBronze Age (~2,600 BCE)Sandstone

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Ropar — ASI; National Museum, New Delhi

Symbolic StonesAfrica

Engraved Ochre

Blombos Cave, South AfricaMiddle Stone Age (~75,000 BP)Ochre

Displayed at: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town; Blombos Cave exhibition

Symbolic StonesSouth Asia

Cup-Marked Stone

Meghalaya, IndiaNeolithic/Megalithic (~2,000 BCE)Sandstone

Displayed at: Don Bosco Museum, Shillong; State Museum, Guwahati

MicrolithsSouth Asia

Geometric Microlith

Vindhya Hills, IndiaMesolithic (~10,000 BP)Chert

Displayed at: Allahabad Museum; Archaeological Museum, Sanchi — ASI; State Museum, Bhopal

MicrolithsEurope

Backed Blade Microlith

Western EuropeUpper Paleolithic (~15,000 BP)Flint

Displayed at: Musée de l'Homme, Paris; National Museum of Prehistory, Les Eyzies

MicrolithsSouth Asia

Microlithic Lunate

Bagor, Rajasthan, IndiaMesolithic (~5,000 BCE)Chert

Displayed at: Deccan College Museum, Pune; Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur

MicrolithsSouth Asia

Microlithic Triangle

Langhnaj, Gujarat, IndiaMesolithic (~4,000 BCE)Agate

Displayed at: M.S. University Museum, Baroda; Archaeological Museum, Dholavira — ASI

MicrolithsSouth Asia

Teri Microlithic (Coastal)

Teri dunes, Tamil Nadu, IndiaMesolithic (~8,000 BP)Chert

Displayed at: Government Museum, Chennai (Fort St. George Museum — ASI)

EolithsEurope

Eolith (Possible Early Tool)

Kent, EnglandPliocene / Early PleistoceneFlint

Displayed at: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford; Natural History Museum, London

Hammerstones & AnvilsAfrica

Hammerstone

Koobi Fora, KenyaEarly Pleistocene (~1.8 million BP)Lava

Displayed at: National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi

Hammerstones & AnvilsNorth America

Stone Anvil

Paisley Caves, Oregon, USALate Pleistocene (~14,000 BP)Basalt

Displayed at: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Ring Stones & Mace HeadsSouth Asia

Harappan Ring Stone

Mohenjo-daro, SindhBronze Age (~2,500 BCE)Limestone

Displayed at: National Museum, New Delhi; Archaeological Museum, Dholavira — ASI; Mohenjo-daro Museum, Pakistan

Ring Stones & Mace HeadsEurope

Neolithic Mace Head

Orkney, ScotlandNeolithic (~3,000 BCE)Flint

Displayed at: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh; British Museum, London

Bead & Drill ToolsSouth Asia

Bead Drill (Ernestite Point)

Khambhat (Cambay), Gujarat, IndiaBronze Age (~2,500 BCE)Ernestite

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Dholavira — ASI; Lothal Museum (ASI); National Museum, New Delhi

Bead & Drill ToolsSouth Asia

Long Carnelian Bead Blank

Chanhu-daro, SindhBronze Age (~2,300 BCE)Carnelian

Displayed at: National Museum, New Delhi; British Museum, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Megalithic ToolsSouth Asia

Megalithic Hammer Stone

Brahmagiri, Karnataka, IndiaIron Age (~1,000 BCE)Granite

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Hampi (Kamlapur) — ASI; Government Museum, Chennai

Megalithic ToolsSouth Asia

Megalithic Rubbing Stone

Adichanallur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaIron Age (~800 BCE)Granite

Displayed at: Government Museum, Chennai (Fort St. George Museum — ASI); upcoming Adichanallur Museum (ASI)

Stone WeightsSouth Asia

Harappan Cuboid Weight

Mohenjo-daro, SindhBronze Age (~2,500 BCE)Chert

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Dholavira — ASI; National Museum, New Delhi; Lothal Museum (ASI)

Stone WeightsSouth Asia

Harappan Weight Set

Kalibangan, Rajasthan, IndiaBronze Age (~2,500 BCE)Agate & Chert

Displayed at: Archaeological Museum, Kalibangan — ASI; National Museum, New Delhi

Data Source: All tool descriptions, classifications, and 3D models are sourced from the Museum of Stone Tools (MoST) — stonetoolsmuseum.com. 3D models provided via Pedestal3D. Museum display locations verified against Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) official records (PIB, 15 Dec 2025) and respective museum catalogues. This page is for educational reference only.