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Topory kamienne i siekiera krzemienna z okolic Giecza (pow. średzki wielkopolski, woj. wielkopolskie) w kontekście osadnictwa neolitycznego

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Indycka E.

Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia

2015

vol. 20

195-204

The aim of the article is to discuss two previously unpublished Neolithic stone axes and a flint one, found in the vicinity of the Archaeological Reserve in Giecz. The artefacts have been discussed in the context of the Neolithic settlement from the area of their discovery.

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Libera J.

2003

vol. LVI

issue 56

45-50

The study of “flint deposits” recorded in Poland bases largely on finds of multiple blades and tools fashioned from them, occasionally discovered in company of tools made in the core technique. A much less common category produce deposits formed by axes only. So far, just three such finds have been registered in the Lublin region and defined as “hoards”: a set recovered during regular excavation (Klementowice), and two deposits originating from random finds (Złojec and Kraśniczyn-Wojciechów). In literature of the subject the deposits from Klementowice and Złojec are being identified with the Funnel Beaker Culture, however, the case of the set from Złojec is somewhat doubtful. The “hoard” contained a square axe (Fig. 1), fully corresponding to the stylistic-metric and weight parameters of similar tools known from the so-called Little Poland industry of the Funnel Beaker Culture, as well as a number of much later forms with a thick lenticular cross-section (Fig. 2, 3). The macrolithic character of the latter, 110–120 mm long specimens evidently makes them incompatible with the group of Neolithic axes. In their largest outline the pieces resemble some of the sickle specimens of the Mierzanowice Culture. Such a substantial chronological span of the collection from Złojec strongly suggests the merging of deposits (either by their finders or the person who turned the finds over to archaeologists), ones presumably originating from different locations. In view of these reservations it is safe to assume that only the two lenticular axes originally formed a single deposit. Culture affiliation of the third set, from Kraśniczyn-Wojciechów, is also problematic, as each axe in this assemblage represents a different form (Fig. 4, 5). Nevertheless, as far as the largest fully finished specimen is concerned, it has close analogies mainly with stone tool manufacture of the Mierzanowice Culture, relatively well evidenced both in the region of Kraśniczyn and in its immediate hinterland. Each of the three flint axe deposits in question may of a different character. The set from Klementowice, consisting of a roughout, a considerably worn specimen and an undetermined piece, was discovered at a Funnel Beaker settlement. Consequently it may represent the remains of a cache deposited inside a prehistoric structure, dwelling or workshop, a stock of material accumulated for later use in tool production. The random finds of finished axes (including the roughout) with lenticular cross-section, from Złojec and Kraśniczyn-Wojciechów, lacking culture context, may equally well represent the remains of household caches or the grave furnishings of destroyed, presumably Mierzanowice Culture, burials

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Topory kamienne i siekiera krzemienna z okolic Giecza (pow. średzki wielkopolski, woj. wielkopolskie) w kontekście osadnictwa neolitycznego

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