answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The celt is essentially an axe or wood-working tool with a hatchet-like cutting edge. The celt does not have a groove or other modifications for mounting, but was inserted into a socketed wooden handle. Some specimens still mounted on their original wooden handles have actually been preserved, and monolithic axes show mounted celts. Celts are made of various kinds of stone, usually of an igneous or metamorphic rock although softer stones such as limestone, sandstone, or others were sometimes used. The stone was worked by a pecking process to roughly shape the artifact which was finally completed by hand-grinding and smoothing of the surface with a suitable abrasive stone. There is considerable variation in the amount of work represented by different specimens. Some have been carefully shaped and polished all over the entire surface while others are sometimes poorly crafted with only the wedge-shaped cutting edge receiving much attention. The celt is represented in all time periods except the Paleo-lndian. It appears to become less frequent in later periods associated with agriculture. By Caddoan times (Spiro phase) the celt appears to have functioned less and less as an axe and more as a fighting weapon or symbol of authority and power.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

The celt was a basic hand tool, used to crack nuts,remove bark,drive stakes or poles also a hand weapon these a few uses.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What was an Indian Celt used for?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Reference books used Cambridge CELT?

I like to know the the reference books used to in Cambridge CELT . thanking you .


Was Boudicea a Roman or Celt?

she is a celt


How did the celt?

Normally they were naked, but whan they used clothes they used dark colours


Was Boudicca a Celt or a Roman?

Boudicca was a Celt.


How do you say wolf in Celt?

Lobo, and its not 'Celt', its Galicain.


What 4 letter word can be made out of celt?

Celt.


When was The Anglo-Celt created?

The Anglo-Celt was created in 1846.


When was The Mighty Celt created?

The Mighty Celt was created in 2005.


How many pages does The Dream of the Celt have?

The Dream of the Celt has 464 pages.


What is the duration of The Mighty Celt?

The duration of The Mighty Celt is 1.37 hours.


When did Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt die?

Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt died in 2001.


When was Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt born?

Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt was born in 1916.