This paper discusses one of the most characteristic hunter-gatherer osseous implements — the

T-shaped antler axe. These are made from red deer (Cervus elaphus) antler beam by removing the

trez tine and creating a perforation for a shaft in its place. This type of axe is quite widely known

in the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic contexts of northern, western and central Europe. Until

now, T-shaped antler axes have been only sporadically mentioned in research on Lithuanian

prehistory. Ten T-axes are currently known from eight find locations, concentrated in western and

southern Lithuania. These axes were mainly discovered as single finds during wetland drainage or

peat extraction. Only two excavated sites contained T-axes in settlement refuse layers. This paper

provides details of the find circumstances and technological features of all ten axes, as well as the

results of AMS 14C dating. The dating suggests that this technology had already spread among

hunter-gatherers in the territory of Lithuania as early as the second half of the 6th millennium,

and continued at least until the transition to the 4th millennium cal BC.