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1884.119.222

Axe, tool or weapon of bronze.

1884.119.222

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Collection type
Object
Description
Axe, tool or weapon of bronze.
Geographical reference
Switzerland
Europe > Western Europe > Switzerland
Bern Berne Nidau Mörigen [Lake Biel, Bielersee, Lac de Bienne]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
?By 1875
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions
Length x Width x Height: max 56 x 35 x 18 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.119.222
Research and responses

Unprovenanced single find [PW]

Please note that this object is not 'Unprovenanced' as stated above, but was recovered from the lake village of Mörigen, as is stated in the Accession Book and written on the object (please note the accession book misspells the name as Möringen). [MN 18/02/2010]

According to Francesco Menotti in his 2002 article 'The Pfahlbauproblem and the history of lake dwelling research in the Alps' (Oxford Journal Of Archaeology 20(4): 319–328, doi:10.1111/1468-0092.00139) the lake village at Mörigen was first reported by Albert Jahn in the mid 19th Century (p 320). Jahn published his investigations at the site in an 1865 article in the newspaper Der Bund (16: 342–3) titled 'Zur Geschichte der Entdeckung der keltischen Pfahlbauten'. It is unknown if this object was retrieved from a specific excavation at the site. [MN 18/02/2010]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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