99 Lighters
Striking sparks have always been the safest way to start a fire. Stone Age lighters used flint, pyrite - so-called fool's gold - and tinder for this purpose; modern disposable lighters, on closer inspection, work in exactly the same way, but with different materials. The technique of striking fire only became obsolete with the invention of the match from 1829 onwards. Nowadays, however, anyone who sets out on "outdoor trails" takes along utensils very similar to those Ötzi had with him to make a fire in the Alps.
Info: Showcase 99
Lighter (Replica)
Age: 9000 - 2000 v. Chr. Undated
Undated: There is no dating for this object.
Material: (?)
Location: unknown
Fire Poker
Age: 0 - 350 n. Chr. Roman Imperial Period
Roman Imperial Period: With the beginning of iron smelting around 700 BC, the new, harder iron took the place of bronze. The Iron Age is the third major period in human history after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In northern Europe it is divided into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, which covers the period from the end of the Bronze Age to the expansion of the Roman Empire at the turn of the century. And the Roman Imperial Period, in which the completely new way of life introduced by the Romans, can also be clearly seen in Free Germania. With the introduction of writing, European prehistory ends - early history begins.
Material: Iron
Location: Maschen
Matches
Age: 1950 - 2009 n. Chr. Recent past
Recent past:
Material: (?)
Location: unknown
Gas Lighter
Age: 1950 - 2009 n. Chr. Recent past
Recent past:
Material: (?)
Location: unknown
Flint Lighter
Age: 2009 n. Chr. Recent past
Recent past:
Material: (?)
Location: unknown
Spark Generator Rod
Age: 2009 n. Chr. Recent past
Recent past:
Material: (?)
Location: unknown