7,000-year-old shark-tooth knives discovered in Indonesia
- Written by Michelle Langley, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
Matthew R McClure/ShutterstockExcavations on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have uncovered two unique and deadly artefacts dating back some 7,000 years – tiger shark teeth that were used as blades.
These finds, reported in the journal Antiquity, are some of the earliest archaeological evidence globally for the use of shark teeth in...
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