PÓŁWYTWÓR TOPORA KAMIENNEGO Z DOLISTOWA STAREGO, WOJ. PODLASKIE

• Authors: Białowarczuk Marcin

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A STONE BATTLE-AXE ROUGH OUT FROM DOLISTOWO STARE, PODLASKIE VOI., NE POLAND

• Languages of publication: PL EN

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The stone object submitted in May 2007 to the Institute of Archaeology, the University of Warsaw, by Zuzanna Łossan-Szymaniak of Dolistowo Stare (comm. Jaświły, Podlaskie voi.) with a request to determine its function and chronology was identified as a stone battle-axe rough out. It was discovered in October 2006 by Stanisław Haraburda of the same locality when digging a pit behind a barn, at the depth of c. 2 metres. The battle-axe (Fig. 1) was worked from an erratic granite cobble. Its measurements are: 15 cm (height), 6.6 cm (width) and 5.7 cm (thickness). Its left face is slightly asymmetrical, probably unfinished. Near its central part is a partly drilled hole of conical section (Fig. 2). The shaft-hole has a diameter of 2.8 cm to 1.9 cm, and a depth of 2.3 cm. The 5.4 cm long blade has a clearly arched form and an uneven jagged cutting edge (Fig. 3). This presumably, was caused by damage during the manufacturing process. The unfinished butt is sub-oval in shape (Fig. 4) and has a length of 5.5 cm and width of 5.3 cm. Its left side was heavily damaged by two large detachments, something which most probably also occurred when the piece was being worked. Presumably, after the edge of the blade and its butt suffered damage further work on the axe was discontinued. The largest number of typologically similar battle-axes is known from Corded Ware culture of the final Neolithic. Typologically, the battle-axe from Dolistowo Stare is closest in form to type K6, in the classification of Karl W. Struve (1955: pl. 1 and 8), linked to the later phase of development of Corded Ware cultures. Given that the region of origin of the find has yielded many traces of occupation by Corded Ware groups it is possible to interpret the battle-axe as a quite late post-Corded Ware form, associated chronologically with the onset of the Bronze Age rather than the close of the Neolithic. This tentative conclusion finds support from stray finds of similar forms dated to the period of interest known from the territory of Belarus.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Światowit
• Year: 2012
• Volume: Tom VII (XLVIII), fasc. B
• Pages: 25-27

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Białowarczuk Marcin

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