3" Polished Jade Celt (Georgia)

Size: 3" Long x 1.71" tall x 1.25" wide

Weight: 175g

Found: Georgia, USA

Age: While the axe underwent changes through time toward the discontinuation of the groove, the change was not complete until some time during the Woodland period, when the grooved, ground-stone axe was replaced by the celt (the grooveless axe) as a utilitarian tool form. This is not to say that the celt did not appear until the Woodland period. In fact, while no one really knows when celts were first used, there is evidence that they were in use during the Middle if not the Early Archaic period. Known early celts lacked the material selection and finished look of later celts and may have appeared more adz-like in form.