37 Battle Axes
The often excellently crafted stone axes from the late Neolithic attest to the high level of craftsmanship of the time. Weapon, status symbol or tool? Nothing can be said with certainty about the use of the axes. In archaeological terminology, these axes are called Jutland battle axes because of their frequent occurrence in Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein. Whether they were really used as weapons, however, remains questionable: their slender shape, often impractical for everyday use; careful ornamentation and lack of traces of use often point rather to a function as a purely prestigious object.
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Jutland Battle Axe, decorated
Age: 2800 - 2200 v. Chr. Neolithic period
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.
Material: Stone
Location: Jutland
Jutland Battle Axe, decorated
Age: 2800 - 2200 v. Chr. Neolithic period
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.
Material: Stone
Location: Buchholz
Jutland Battle Axe, decorated
Age: 2800 - 2200 v. Chr. Neolithic period
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.
Material: Stone
Location: HH-Lokstedt