PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 16 hours agoLimestone boar statue, with flecks of pigment residue, Gobeklitepe, Turkiye, ~9000 BCEmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10
arrow-up159arrow-down1imageLimestone boar statue, with flecks of pigment residue, Gobeklitepe, Turkiye, ~9000 BCEmedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareWeHi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoThat’s really cool to see and impressive as well. What would tools of that time used to make sculptures like this made of? Other stones? I’m imaging it would’ve taken a lot of tools to create this sculpture too, since they probably couldn’t have been as durable.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoLimestone is relatively soft and easy to work, so I presume tools made of harder stones would’ve been used
That’s really cool to see and impressive as well.
What would tools of that time used to make sculptures like this made of? Other stones?
I’m imaging it would’ve taken a lot of tools to create this sculpture too, since they probably couldn’t have been as durable.
Limestone is relatively soft and easy to work, so I presume tools made of harder stones would’ve been used