Tools buried with women challenge Stone Age stereotype

Tools buried with women challenge Stone Age stereotype

Stone Age tools. Credit: University of York Researchers have discovered that women and children were just as likely as men to be buried with stone tools at a Stone Age grave site, challenging the assumption that such tools were associated only with men. Working with the Latvian National Museum of History, the team analysed artefacts and stone tools found in the Zvejnieki cemetery in Latvia – one of the largest Stone Age burial sites. Zvejnieki c…