The earliest crushers were hand-held stones, where the weight of the stone provided a boost to muscle power, used against a stone anvil.
In the chamber, worshipers crowded around a hooded high priest who stood atop a huge stone anvil.
At the age of 23, he was severely injured when a fragment of a large stone anvil hit him in the face.
There are many parallels from Spanish mines of the Roman period with similar stone anvils.
Pressing the triangle's edges against the stone anvil, he detached small chips which gave the blade a sharp, narrow point.
One of the angaikava responds, carrying the kava to the lower end of the circle, where it is pounded on a stone anvil with a hammerstone.
Stone hammer and stone anvil will suffice for technology.
Where flint waste is found there are usually hammer stones and perhaps a stone anvil.
With a nod, he gently eased the object from the fire and laid it on top of a smooth stone anvil.
Evidence of this, including stone anvils, copper knives and a copper spearhead, was found on the Veluwe.