Published: 2025-12-29

The Oldest Hammer-Axes of the Corded Ware Culture in Bohemia

Pavel Burgert , Miroslav Dobeš , Antonín Přichystal
Archaeologia Polona
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/APa63.2025.4188

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyse hammer-axes assigned to the so-called A-horizon of the Corded Ware Culture (c. 3000–2350 BC). The focus area is Bohemia. The main emphasis is placed on the raw materials of these artefacts, which were analysed non-destructively using optical stereomicroscopy, X-ray diffraction and magnetic susceptibility measurements. Although archaeogenetic analyses indicate that the Corded Ware Culture arrived in Bohemia as an intrusive element, the raw material spectrum demonstrates continuity with sources exploited in preceding periods. In particular, Jizera Mountains-type (Jizerské hory) metabasite is the principal material of the assemblage of 32 analysed artefacts. The other raw materials used most likely also originate within the Bohemian Massif. These results thus point to a continuity in the use of raw material sources and distribution networks.

Keywords:

Corded Ware Culture, A-type hammer-axes, Archaeogenetics, Raw material sourcing, Jizera Mountains-type metabasite, Bohemia

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Burgert, P., Dobeš, M., & Přichystal, A. (2025). The Oldest Hammer-Axes of the Corded Ware Culture in Bohemia. Archaeologia Polona, 63, 229–272. https://doi.org/10.23858/APa63.2025.4188

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