4800Y. O: WONDERFUL AX ADZE FACETED 134mms C EUROPE SINGLE GRAVE CORDED WARE CULT
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:44666 | Material: Stone |
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This wonderful and very rare Middle European ( Germany )
Neolithic stone artifact is a facet stone ax / adze
from the Corded Ware Culture", dating 2900-2350 bc.
The Corded Ware culture, alternately characterized as the Battle Axeculture or Single Grave culture is an enormous European archaeologicalhorizon that begins in the late Neolithic (stone age)..., flourished throughthe copper age and finally culminates in the early bronze age, developingin various areas from 2900 BC to ca. 2350 BC. With theYamna culture, it represents the introduction of metal into Northern Europe, and the earliest expansion of the Indo-European family of languages.It receives its name Corded Ware from its characteristic pottery, Single Grave from its burial custom, and Battle Axe from itscharacteristic grave offering to males, a stone battle axe(which was by this time an inefficient weapon but a traditional status symbol).In the west, the distribution boundary reaches Netherland, West Germany and parts of Switzerland. In the North the Corded Ware isfound in Southern Scandinavia, the countries around the Baltic and theeastern North Sea. It’s southern distribution ranges from Switzerlandto the Czech Republic and includes the upper portions of the streams thatflow into the Black Sea.The somewhat later Beaker culture was contemporaneous. It is succeededby a number of bronze age cultures, among them the Unetice culture(Central Europe), ca 2300 BC, and by the Nordic Bronze Age, a culture ofScandinavia and northernmost Germany - Poland, ca 1800 BC.Considering its immense, continental expanse, it clearly represents afusion of earlier archaeological cultures of varying degrees of relatedness, probably led by intrusive elements from the east and south. It does notrepresent a single monolithic entity, but rather a diffusion oftechnological and cultural innovations. The fact that the GlobularAmphora culture similtaneously overlies much of the same area as of theCorded Ware culture proves this. Different peoples, living in closeproximity to each other at the same time really did leave differentarchaeological remains.There are very few settlements, but it has been shown that agriculturewas practiced, a continuation from the Funnelbeaker culture era, andthat some domestic animals were kept. The majority, however, seemed tohave followed a fully-or semi-nomadic pastoral way of life. Wheeled vehicles(presumptively drawn by cattle) are evidenced. The horse, perhaps-to-probably domesticated, is represented.Inhumation was characteristically done one metre deep, without any marks, in a flexed position; males lay on their right side, females on the left, with the faces of both oriented to the south. Originally, there was probablya wooden construction, since the graves are often positioned in a line.Many are also marked with small tumuli. Grave goods for men typicallyincluded a stone battle-axe.The approximately contemporary Beaker culture had similar burial traditions, and together they covered most of Western and Central Europe. Whilebroadly related to the Corded Ware culture, the origins of the Bell-Beakerfolk are considerably more obscure, and represent one of the mysteries ofEuropean pre-history.The prototypal Corded Ware culture, German Schnurkeramikkultur is foundin Central Europe, mainly Germany and Poland, and refers to the charactericpottery of the era: wet clay was decoratively incised with cordage, i.e., string. It is known mostly from its burials, and both sexesreceived the characteristic cord-decorated pottery.Whether made of flax or hemp, they had rope.
Provenance is an old German collection.
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