Published: 2024-10-14

A superb axe-head of G-type flint from the vicinity of Bronocice as a reason to consider the production of macrolithic four-sided tools in the Eneolithic of Lesser Poland

Agnieszka Brzeska-Zastawna , Bernadeta Kufel-Diakowska , Albert Zastawny
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Field Survey and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/76.2024.1.3582

Abstract

This article presents the study of a unique artefact in the form of a very large trapezoidal axe-head with rectangular section from Słupów, Lesser Poland, against the background of Eneolithic phenomena occurring in the area. The specimen is in the collection of the Archaeological Museum in Kraków since 1929, but has not been discussed until now. It was made by local communities from flint of the G variety, a raw material exploited by Eneolithic groups in western Lesser Poland. The axe-head from Słupów is one of the largest flint axes to have been discovered on Polish lands. This find provokes a broader discussion of the role of local production of macrolithic
four-sided forms against a wider background.

Keywords:

Eneolithic, Funnel Beaker culture, Funnel Beaker-Baden assemblages, flint axe, microwear analysis

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Brzeska-Zastawna, A., Kufel-Diakowska, B., & Zastawny, A. (2024). A superb axe-head of G-type flint from the vicinity of Bronocice as a reason to consider the production of macrolithic four-sided tools in the Eneolithic of Lesser Poland. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 76(1), 469–496. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/76.2024.1.3582

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