Ancient Farming Tools, Italy

Ancient Farming Tools, Italy

1. Ancient Farming Tools

2. Ancient Farming Tools

3. Axe The axe is a tool used for cutting wood.

4. The Stone Age axe was used 1.5 million years BC without a handle. The Evolution of the Axe Later it was fastened to a wooden handle.

5. When copper, bronze, iron and steel appeared, axes made up of these materials started to be used.

6. I t was also used as a weapon for fighting in the Middle Ages.

7. When agriculture was first developed, simple hand-held digging sticks and hoes were used. The Plough The rudimentary plough, a modified tree branch, was adapted later to be pulled by oxen. .

8. A coulter is a vertically mounted component of many ploughs that cuts an edge of about 18 cm. Its most effective depth is determined by soil conditions. The Basic Parts of the Modern Plough A ploughshare is the cutting or leading edge of a mouldboard which closely follows the coulter when ploughing . A mouldboard is the curved steel blade of a plough that turns the furrow.

9. Digging Stick It consists of a pointed stick , sometimes having a stone or crossbar attached . It is used to loosen and till the soil and to extract plants . .

10. Digging Stick   The earliest ploughs were digging sticks decorated with handles for pulling or pushing .

11. A hoe  is an ancient and versatile agricultural tool used to move small amounts of soil. H oe

12. In the Sumerian mythology, Enlil , the God of air and wind , was credited with the invention of the hoe.

13. Sickle A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a curved blade used for harvesting grain crops or cutting grass .

14. The sickle appeared in Europe in the 12th century. Its use has greatly diminished after the invention of mechanical mowers. History

15. The scythe often appears as a weapon in the hands of the D eath . It derives from the Biblical belief of the Death as the “harvester of souls”. The D eath

16. Comenius Project “ Lost in Time ” Istituto Superiore “ Majorana ” Palermo (Italy)