139 Hamburg-Harburg
This dagger came to light 140 years ago during railway construction.
Flint daggers were used as weapons and tools at the end of the Neolithic period.
Leather or raffia around the handle for better handling. However, particularly carefully crafted pieces often show no signs of use, indicating an exclusive function as a status symbol. The production of such a magnificent flint dagger is considered a masterpiece of Stone Age striking technique.
Info: Showcase 139
Dagger
Age: 2.200 - 1.800 v. Chr. Neolithic period - Bronze Age
Neolithic period:
In the Neolithic period, people began for the first time to actively shape and change their environment: sedentarisation was one of the essential prerequisites for civilisational progress. Farmers cleared forests for their settlements, fields and for keeping livestock. They built their farms out of wooden posts, wattle and daub and clay. Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep are recorded as domestic animals. The diet of the people was now enriched by cereals such as wheat and barley, which were cultivated on farmland.
Bronze Age
Metal extraction began as early as 6,000 years ago in the Middle East, but reached Europe not until much later. Bronze, a copper-tin alloy, first appeared in Western Europe around 1800 BC. The use of metal was accompanied by historical developments of the greatest importance. Mining and processing required distribution; i.e., exchange and transport of raw materials. There were numerous transport routes and means for large quantities of ore and finished products. Transport was obviously by cart - which presupposed the general spread of the wheel - but also across rivers by raft and dugout canoe.
Material: Flint
Location: HH-Harburg