[PAR] [TLE] Adze [SEP] The adze ( ; alternative spelling: adz) is a cutting tool shaped somewhat like an axe that dates back to the stone age.  It can be any tool with a sharp cutting edge.  Adzes are used for smoothing or carving wood in hand woodworking, similar to an axe but with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle.  Two basic forms of an adze are the hand adze, a short handled tool swung with one hand, and a foot adze, a long handled tool capable of powerful swings using both hands, the cutting edge usually striking at foot or shin level.  The blade of an adze is set at right angles to the tool's shaft (like a hoe or plane), in contrast to an axe's blade, which is in plane with the shaft.  A similar, but blunt, tool used for digging in hard ground is called a mattock. [PAR] [TLE] Boomplaas Cave [SEP] Boomplaas Cave is located in the Cango Valley in the foothills of the Swartberg mountain range, north of Oudtshoorn, Eden District Municipality in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.  It has a 5 m deep stratified archaeological sequence of human presence, occupation and hunter-gatherer/herder acculturation dating back 80,000 years.  The site's documentation contributed to the reconstruction of palaeo-environments in the context of changes in climate within periods of the Late Pleistocene (12,000 - 80,000 years BP) and the Holocene (since 12,000 years BP).  The cave has served multiple functions during its occupation, such as a kraal (enclosure) for animals, a place for the storage of oil rich fruits and as a hunting camp.  Circular stone hearths and calcified dung remains of domesticated sheep as well as stone adzes and pottery art (painted stones) were excavated indicating that humans lived at the site and kept animals.
[PAR] [TLE] Adze [ SEP ] The adze ( ; alternative spelling : adz ) is a cutting tool shaped somewhat like an axe that dates back to the stone age . It can be any tool with a sharp cutting edge . Adzes are used for smoothing or carving wood in hand woodworking , similar to an axe but with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle . Two basic forms of an adze are the hand adze , a short handled tool swung with one hand , and a foot adze , a long handled tool capable of powerful swings using both hands , the cutting edge usually striking at foot or shin level . The blade of an adze is set at right angles to the tool 's shaft ( like a hoe or plane ) , in contrast to an axe 's blade , which is in plane with the shaft . A similar , but blunt , tool used for digging in hard ground is called a mattock . [PAR] [TLE] Boomplaas Cave [ SEP ] Boomplaas Cave is located in the Cango Valley in the foothills of the Swartberg mountain range , north of Oudtshoorn , Eden District Municipality in the Western Cape Province , South Africa . It has a 5 m deep stratified archaeological sequence of human presence , occupation and hunter - gatherer / herder acculturation dating back 80,000 years . The site 's documentation contributed to the reconstruction of palaeo - environments in the context of changes in climate within periods of the Late Pleistocene ( 12,000 - 80,000 years BP ) and the Holocene ( since 12,000 years BP ) . The cave has served multiple functions during its occupation , such as a kraal ( enclosure ) for animals , a place for the storage of oil rich fruits and as a hunting camp . Circular stone hearths and calcified dung remains of domesticated sheep as well as stone adzes and pottery art ( painted stones ) were excavated indicating that humans lived at the site and kept animals .
What was found, in the Cango Valley along with Circular stone hearths and calcified dung remains of domesticated sheep, that is a cutting tool shaped somewhat like an axe that dates back to the stone age?
What was found , in the Cango Valley along with Circular stone hearths and calcified dung remains of domesticated sheep , that is a cutting tool shaped somewhat like an axe that dates back to the stone age ?
The adze
The adze