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Oldest sickle



The photo belongs to the oldest sickle in the Caucasus area. It was found in Shomutepe monument of Neolithic age. The sickle was made of bone and was not saved entirely. Archaeological excavations held in Shomutepe by Ideal Narimanov unearthed new archaeological culture which he called Shomutepe culture. Nowadays Shomutepe is in the western part of Azerbaijani Republic. One of findings unearthed in Shomutepe was the sickle on photo. It was used in Neolithic period approximately late VII-early VI centuries BC. It is the reaping-hook that with its help Neolithic human collected grain, or grass for domesticated animals.
The remain of sickle is demonstrated in the National Museum of Azerbaijan History. 
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