The Life and Journey of Neolithic Copper Objects : The Life and Journey of Neolithic Copper Objects.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skorna, Henry.

Series:

Scales of Transformation

Scales of Transformation ; v.15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neolithic period.

Copper--Metallurgy.

Copper.

Germany, Northern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2022.

Summary:

This work is an intensive study of the Neolithic deposition of copper objects from Neuenkirchen in North-East Germany. This unique ensemble represents one of the very rare hoard finds from the early Early Neolithic, and is the first of its kind for nearly 100 years, matched only by the famous younger hoard find from Bygholm (Denmark).The beginning of neolithization at the end of the fifth millennium is not only characterised by a change in the subsistence strategy, but also by the development of far-reaching networks of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker societies in Northern Germany. Proof is provided by the first metal finds which also appear at the same time in the North and were imported from the early metallurgical centres in the Balkan-Carpathian area. The hoard of Neuenkirchen is an outstanding example for these new, long-distance contacts. Drawing from a multi-method approach, the study attempts to trace the life and journey of the individual objects in the hoard and the transformation processes they underwent before they finally ended up in the ground. To this end, an intensive typological discussion, use-wear analysis, plus trace element and lead isotopes analyses of the objects are paired with a comprehensive overview of the natural environment, deposition practices, and settlement activities in the vicinity of Neuenkirchen. In the context of comparable hoard finds from the 5th/4th millennium, and the development of early metallurgy in Southeast Europe, these results make the journey and transformation of the objects from Neuenkirchen comprehensible.

Contents:

Preface of the series editors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

1.1 Definition of hoard finds

2. Topographical position of Neuenkirchen

2.1 Landscape and waterways

3. State of research on the Funnel Beaker North Group in present-day Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

4. Chronology of the Funnel Beaker Societies

5. Anthropogenic activities in the surroundings of Neuenkirchen at the time of the Funnel Beaker Societies

5.1 Settlement activities

5.2 The settlement sites of Warlin, Brunn, Carpin, Jatznick, Glasow and Gristow (Fig. 8)

5.2.1 The settlement site of Warlin

5.2.2 The settlement site of Brunn

5.2.3 The settlement site of Carpin

5.2.4 The settlement site of Jatznick

5.2.5 The settlement site of Glasow

5.2.6 The settlement site of Gristow

5.3 Funnel Beaker period hoards and megalithic graves in the vicinity of Neuenkirchen

5.3.1 Deposits (Fig. 11)

5.3.2 Megalithic graves

5.4 Summary of anthropogenic activities in the vicinity of Neuenkirchen

6. Finds and features of the hoard find from Neuenkirchen

6.1 Feature and artefact descriptions

6.1.1 Dagger (Plate 1)

6.1.2 Flat axe (Plates 2a and 4c)

6.1.3 Spiral arm ring (Plates 2b, d and 4a)

6.1.4 Band spiral (Plates 2c and 4b)

6.1.5 Sheet metal fragment (Plates 2e and 4d)

6.1.6 Ceramic Vessel Generated by AI.

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Other Format:

Print version: Skorna, Henry The Life and Journey of Neolithic Copper Objects

ISBN:

9789464270327

OCLC:

1352973320