Uncommon practice of re-use of Bronze Age stone axes
This article examines the typological features of some Bronze Age stone axes with obvious signs of re-use, discovered in the area between the Carpathians and the Dniester. For these objects, two ways of re-use are known: the use of damaged axes as rubbing stones / hammer stones or re-perforation of...
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| description | This article examines the typological features of some Bronze Age stone axes with obvious signs of re-use, discovered in the area between the Carpathians and the Dniester. For these objects, two ways of re-use are known: the use of damaged axes as rubbing stones / hammer stones or re-perforation of the worn-out specimens.
The authors of the article present nine artifacts discovered in settlements and cemeteries or as a result of chance finds. Most of the specimens were made of volcanic rocks; some have preserved decorative elements.
The re-use of such items was determined by economic and technological reasons. Some communities of the Bronze Age were forced to re-use damaged stone axes due to a lack of high-quality raw materials.
The fact that axes with traces of re-use are also found in cemeteries may indicate the symbolic significance that these objects acquired when they were put next to the dead. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1b5b9dad3224e7fbac873350b6eb0182022-12-22T02:04:26ZdeuNational Museum of History of MoldovaTyragetia1857-02402537-63302018-11-01XII1141148Uncommon practice of re-use of Bronze Age stone axesVasile Diaconu0Mariana Sîrbu1Muzeul de Istorie şi Etnografie Târgu NeamţMuzeul Naţional de Istorie a MoldoveiThis article examines the typological features of some Bronze Age stone axes with obvious signs of re-use, discovered in the area between the Carpathians and the Dniester. For these objects, two ways of re-use are known: the use of damaged axes as rubbing stones / hammer stones or re-perforation of the worn-out specimens. The authors of the article present nine artifacts discovered in settlements and cemeteries or as a result of chance finds. Most of the specimens were made of volcanic rocks; some have preserved decorative elements. The re-use of such items was determined by economic and technological reasons. Some communities of the Bronze Age were forced to re-use damaged stone axes due to a lack of high-quality raw materials. The fact that axes with traces of re-use are also found in cemeteries may indicate the symbolic significance that these objects acquired when they were put next to the dead.https://www.nationalmuseum.md/ro/press_releases/journal_tyragetia/o_practica_mai_putin_intalnita_reutilizarea_unor_topoare_de_piatra_din_epoca_bronzului/Bronze Agestone axesre-usesettlementsgraves |
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| title | Uncommon practice of re-use of Bronze Age stone axes |
| title_full | Uncommon practice of re-use of Bronze Age stone axes |
| title_fullStr | Uncommon practice of re-use of Bronze Age stone axes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uncommon practice of re-use of Bronze Age stone axes |
| title_short | Uncommon practice of re-use of Bronze Age stone axes |
| title_sort | uncommon practice of re use of bronze age stone axes |
| topic | Bronze Age stone axes re-use settlements graves |
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