Original scientific paper
Bronze Axes and their fragments: Observations based on finds from Monkodonja in Istria
Bernhard Hänsel
; Institut for Prehistoric Archaeology, Berlin
Biba Teržan
; Department od Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Univerzity of Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Kristina Mihovilić
; Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula
Abstract
The following lines treat some of our observations regarding axes
from the period of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, and their
fragments, focusing especially on blades and butts. Our aim is
to propose several arguments and reflections that could perhaps
clarify to what end these axes and their parts were produced and
used. As our investigations showed, it is feasible that certain axe
parts, depending on their state of preservation, could have had a
specific purpose. All of the investigated finds stem from the fortified
settlement of Monkodonja, which is located close to the Adriatic
coast of the Istrian Peninsula, not far away from Rovinj. The
fact that all the axes discussed in this paper were discovered on
a single site -i.e., in a closed settlement and cultural complex,
certainly facilitates their functional determination.
Keywords
Monkodonja; bronze winged axes; axe fragments
Hrčak ID:
90945
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Publication date:
18.11.2011.
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