An iron fragment of just 4.1 centimetres long found in the archaeological site of Hayashi-Fujishima, in the city of Fukui, Japan, could be the oldest saw ever found in the country. The object, target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fukui Prefecture in March 2026. The piece comes from a field excavated between 1996 and 2003, where also remains of a workshop of ornamental beads of the same time, along with ceramics, stone tools and other iron t…
An iron fragment of just 4.1 centimetres long found in the archaeological site of Hayashi-Fujishima, in the city of Fukui, Japan, could be the oldest saw ever found in the country. The object, target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fukui Prefecture in March 2026. The piece comes from a field excavated between 1996 and 2003, where also remains of a workshop of ornamental beads of the same time, along with ceramics, stone tools and other iron t…