ABSTRACT
In the late 1800’s F.A. Forel suggested that, not only could the difference between the marks left by stone and those left by metal axes be distinguished, but it was also possible that the form of a bronze axe could be assessed from the facets it produced. In discussing the oak and fir piles from the settlement site of Roseaux, Switzerland, Forel stated that:
the cutting marks left upon them enabled us to decide that they were brought to a point by means of a spatula like celt or hatchet ... and not by the great bronze celt with ears. (Keller 1878 p.300).
