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1884.127.30

Stone tool or weapon; stone battle-axe

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1884.127.30

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool or weapon; stone battle-axe
Long description
Stone tool or weapon; stone battle-axe. Wide flat butted axehead. Perforated. [MJD (Verve) 11/8/2016]
Geographical reference
Sweden
Europe > Northern Europe > Sweden
Unknown
Date / Period
Date made: 3300-2800 BC Archaeological period: Middle Neolithic Funnel Beaker [Trichterbecher]
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Quartz Stone, Process Perforated, Process Pecked, Process Ground
Dimensions
Thick: max 49 mm, Width: max 75 mm, Length 133 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.127.30
Research and responses

Unprovenanced single find. TRB quartzite stone Battle-axe, type A1. TRB MN I-II phases [PW]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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