2022

rozdział w monografii naukowej

angielski

EN The aim of the article is the analysis of stone battle-axes from at least 12 burial complexes connected with the Mierzanowice culture communities from the territory of Poland. The analysis includes the coexistence of battle-axes with other portable items and their chronological position in the internal phase of this culture. Radiocarbon dating obtained for burials containing battle-axes or with a similar co-occurring inventory, mostly cups or pot-shaped cups, confirms the chronology. In the funeral rite of the proto- and early-Mierzanowice phases, the rules of placing the dead typical for the preceding Final Neolithic Corded Ware culture were maintained. Men were placed on the right side, and grave inventories reflected the sex of deceased, e.g. flint arrowheads and stone battle-axes for males, which possibly indicates the social status of the buried individual or his role in the local hierarchy. However, battle-axes ony occasionally occur in the graves of the Mierzanowice culture, whereas they are found in all areas of this culture occupation, from Moravia to Podolia and Volhynia. This survey of grave goods clearly shows that analysed communities used stocky stone axes with streamlined or very slightly broken sides at the height of the hole for the handle or slightly closer to the poorly separated butt, and a generally narrow blade. Apart from single cases, these are not very impressive products, similar to single-body specimens typical for the younger phase of the Corded Ware culture.

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From farmers to heroes? Archaeological Studies in Honor of Sławomir Kadrow

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