Axes of alpine jade in Denmark: the point of view of an alpine prehistorian

Authors

  • Pierre Pétrequin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1080/21662282.2013.805905

Keywords:

Alpine jade axes, centres of distribution, circulation, hoards

Abstract

This article presents the typological and chronological relationship between information derived from the central find locations for alpine jade axes around the area of Mount Viso, and the examples found elsewhere in Europe. Furthermore, by making comparisons between the composition of the hoards of alpine axes found in northwestern Europe to those located in southern Scandinavian, it is argued that the Scandinavian examples presumably reached the area via secondary centres of distribution.

References

Reference (general)

Pétrequin, P., Cassen, S., Errera, M., Klassen, L., Sheridan, A. and Pétrequin, A.M., (ed.) 2012. JADE. Grandes haches alpines du Néolithique européen. Ve et IVe millénaires av. J.-C. Cahiers de la MSHE C.N. Ledoux. Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté et Centre de Recherche Archéologique de la Vallée de l’Ain, Besançon.

References (specific for southern Scandinavia)

Klassen, L., 1999. Prestigeøkser af sjældne alpine bjergarter – en glemt og overset fundgruppe fra ældre stenalders slutning i Danmark. Kuml, 1999, 11–51.

Klassen, L., 2010. Kobberøksen fra Vester Bedegadegård på Bornholm. In: Danefæ. Skatte fra den danske muld. Til Hendes majestæt Dronning Margrethe 2. Gyldendal, København, 39–43.

Klassen, L., Pétrequin, P. and Cassen, S., 2011. The power of attraction... Zur Akkumulation sozial wertbesetzter alpiner Artefakte im Morbihan und im westlichen Ostseeraum im 5. und 4. Jahrtausend v.Chr. In: S. Hansen, J. Müller (eds.). Sozialarchäologische Perspektiven: Gesellschaftlicher Wandel 5000–1500 v. Chr. zwischen Kaukasus und Atlantik. Internationale Konferenz in Kiel 15.–18. Oktober 2007. Archäologie in Eurasien 24, Berlin, 13–40.

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Published

2012-05-01

How to Cite

Pétrequin, P. (2012). Axes of alpine jade in Denmark: the point of view of an alpine prehistorian. Danish Journal of Archaeology, 1, 86–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/21662282.2013.805905

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Vol. 1 (2012)

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Research Article

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