How many lives can a polished axe have? A biographical approach to a Neolithic hoard deposit from Belgium.

2025/02/20 by Nelson Almeida · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies #Archaeological and Geological Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.24072/pci.archaeo.100598

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Abstract

A recommendation of: Sonja Tomasso, Dries Cnuts, Ferdi Geerts, Bart Vanmontfort, Veerle Rots From polishing to burning: deciphering a Middle Neolithic hoard from Beringen Brouwershuis (Belgium) through functional analysis https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/4yqch_v2

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