Flint Daggers in Prehistoric Europe by Catherine Frieman

Author:Catherine Frieman [Catherine Frieman]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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THE CULTURAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE SCANDINAVIAN DAGGERS IN THE NORTHERN NETHERLANDS

Annelou van Gijn

The Scandinavian daggers which were brought to the northern Netherlands in great numbers during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age display a special biography. First of all they share with other imported flint items from Scandinavia, like the TRB axes and the crescent-shaped sickles, the presence of a piece of cortex on their butt end. They also seem to have had a special use life: they lack ‘normal’ traces of wear and instead show wear traces from contact with plant material and/or hide all over the surface of the blade. It is suggested that this was due to pulling the dagger in and out of a sheath. Last, the place these daggers were deposited also seems to be ‘special’: type I and II daggers are usually found as loose finds in peat, probably in the river and brook valleys, the later type III daggers on the other hand were located much further out into the large peat areas.

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