A variety of ‘prestige’ stone tools can be found in the various categories used to sort the Museum of Stone Tool’s 3D models. Prestige goods may have been carried as symbols, used to cement trade relations, or were buried with the dead or in ritual caches or hoards. Some archaeologists have proposed that the process of manufacture of prestige stone tools was itself loaded with symbolism, in a manner similar to sword-making in Japan. See these and many more on our webite. Link in bio. #uncharted